Question

Quaestiones (“KWAI-stee-oh-nays”) on this subject were developed by scholars like Hugo de Porta Ravennate. Experts on this subject were known as “those who precede,” or antecessores (“on-teh-KEH-soar-ays”). Rival Italian versions of a text on this subject were known as the Littera Bononiensis and the Littera Florentina. The motto of Berytus refers to the city’s role as a primary scholarly hub for this subject in late antiquity. Irnerius was called (10[2])the (10[1])“lantern of” this subject for founding a school of “glossators” (10[1])who worked (10[1])on it at the University of Bologna (10[2])(“boh-LOH-nyah”). This subject (10[1])was addressed in the Epanagoge (-5[1])(“eh-pah-nah-goh-GEE”), which supplanted the Ecloga by returning to the (-5[1])principles set out in the Institutes of Gaius. So-called “Novels” (-5[1])on this subject were added to a work containing the Digest, which was prepared by the quaestor Tribonian’s commission. (10[2])For 10 (10[1])points, name this subject (10[1])that was codified by (10[2])Justinian’s (10[3])order (10[1])in the (10[1])Corpus Juris Civilis. (10[2])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: law [or civil law; or jurisprudence; or legal theory; or ius; accept Roman law; accept Byzantine law; accept Corpus Juris Civilis until read] (The motto of Berytus, modern Beirut, was “Berytus Nutrix Legum,” or “Berytus, Mother of Laws.”)
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y24100%0%13%119.58

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Caleb KendrickMaryland AYale A6610
Tracy MirkinFlorida ACornell A6610
Matt BollingerGeorgia Tech AWUSTL A6710
Matt JacksonChicago ABrown A7710
Vincent DuNorth Carolina ANorthwestern A7910
Eric WolfsbergStanford AChicago B8610
Chris RayOhio State ADuke A8610
Cole TimmerwilkeHarvard ACornell B8810
Cormac BeirneMcGill APenn A93-5
William GrogerColumbia BImperial A101-5
John BroussardHouston ARutgers B111-5
Justin HawkinsIndiana AUC Berkeley A13010
Mitch McCullarIllinois AYale B13010
Steven YuanUC Berkeley BFlorida B13210
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto AMIT A13610
Karan GurazadaTexas AMinnesota A14010
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BRutgers A14010
Dean Ah NowClaremont AVirginia A14110
JD KrothIowa State ASouth Carolina A14110
Todd MaslykMichigan APurdue A14110
Henry CafaroChicago CColumbia A14210
Alex SchmidtPenn State AWUSTL B14410
Halle FriedmanNYU AJohns Hopkins A14710
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordPenn AMcGill A14710
Lexi TermanRutgers BHouston A14810
Rahim DinaImperial AColumbia B14810
Andrew HannaVanderbilt AMinnesota B14810