The enduring Roman legal system is known as what?

• A. Civil Code
• B. Law of Nations
• C. Justinian's Code
• D. Roman Law

Answer: (D)

The enduring Roman legal system is Roman Law. This term covers the whole body of rules and principles developed in ancient Rome and carried forward through the centuries, shaping many later legal traditions in Europe and beyond. It includes early foundations, adaptive developments by jurists, and later codifications like Justinian’s Corpus Juris Civilis, which helped preserve and spread Roman legal ideas. While a Civil Code refers to modern country-specific collections of laws and Law of Nations (jus gentium) is a particular area within the system dealing with relations between peoples, and Justinian’s Code is a famous codified collection within Roman Law, the broad, lasting tradition itself is known as Roman Law.