Historyczne znaczenie systematyzacji prawa według Gajusa

Systematization of the juridical material done by Gaius has generated the interest of lawyers actually since the fall of the Western Empire. The division of the legal material itself into: personae, res and actiones was probably taken from the writings of Greek and Roman grammarians. Gaius, however, improved it to meet the needs of didactics. There is no doubt about Gaius’ intellectual contribution. The criteria of systematization of legal material have been applied in a number of collections or later codes. We should mention here: the Napoleonic Code or the Austrian Code. The last code, in which the systematics of the law done by Gaius has been applied, was the Code of Canon Law of 1917.