Справедливост и корупция в Lex Romana Ostrogothorum
Justice and corruption in Lex Romana Ostrogothorum

Summary/Abstract: There is still controversy about the origin and the authorship of Lex Romana Ostrogothorum, a little known and heavily neglected legal document relevant to the study of the Roman law, the extent of reception of the Roman law by the Germanic peoples, the legal administration, and the Western societies from the 4th to the early 6th century. Consisted of 154 edicta, it contains texts by Paul, Ulpian and Papinian, of the Gregorian, the Hermogenian and Theodosius Codes, as weel as of novels following the Theodosius Code (so-called novellae constitutiones). A simple analysis of Edictum Theodorici Regis can hardly lead us to the place of its creation. The only thing undeniable is that both the Visigothic Kingdom and the later Ostrogothic Kingdom experienced a significant degree of Romanization of the Gothic elite, both strived to include the late Roman legal traditions, both demonstrated a significant religious and ethnic tolerance towards the subjugated Romans, both tried to follow the example of the Roman rulers legislators through publication of legal collections in the spirit of the Roman tradition, preserving somewhat the Roman concepts of aequitas and iustitia. This could be clearly seen in the translated texts included in the present paper.

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