Edictum Theodorici

The Edictum Theoderici ( edict of Theodoric ) is a collection of laws from the late Roman law. The individual regulations contain provisions for process order and civil and criminal provisions, they can be regarded as the source of the Roman vulgar law. Since the Editio princeps in 1579, annexed to the writings of Cassiodorus, by Pierre Pithou it is considered adoption of the Ostrogoth Theodoric the Great, who was probably issued after 500. Since the publications by Piero Rasi 1953, this assignment is controversial: an alternative origin to 460 in Tolosan Visigothic kingdom is assumed under Theodoric II. This is also younger findings of Chapters of the Edict in manuscripts southern French origin, while the manuscripts used by Pithou are lost.

The edict was written by the senior thesis of a group of Roman jurists instructions Theodoric, the younger thesis holds the Praetorian Prefect Galliarum Magnus of Narbonne for a possible editor. Content based it largely on Roman law and was for Romans and Goths.