Various types of written Roman law
- The first consisted of leges or enactments of one of the assemblies of the whole Roman people.
- The dicta (edicts) or proclamations were issued by a superior magistrate (praetor) on judicial matters.
- The senatus consulta were resolutions of the Roman senate. They carried no legislative force during the republic but could be given power by the magistrates' edicts.
- The constitutiones principum were expressions of the legislative power of the emperor.
- The responsa prudentium were answers to legal questions by leaned lawyers.
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