Answer:
It served its purpose of bringing law and order back to the empire. The pursuit of the Code of Justinian was to design a versatile collection of statutes that all of Byzantine could adhere to and was given presidency over any regional regulations, discouraging contradictions in court directives.
Justinian attempted to harmonize these conflicting opinions by issuing his "Fifty Decisions" and by passing additional new laws. This meant that his Code no longer reflected the latest imperial law. Thus, Justinian ordered a new compilation to supersede the first, and this Codex was published in 534