Pepo was an 11th-century consultant judge ("''causidicus''") who became the first law teacher at the

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. His teaching was based on Justinian's compilations of

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, including the

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, and Digest.Peter Stein, ''Roman Law in European History'' 45-46 (Cambridge University Press 1999)

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