Napoleonic Code
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The Napoleonic Code is a landmark 1804 French civil law code that modernized and standardized legal principles such as equality before the law, property rights, and secular authority, profoundly influencing legal systems worldwide.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
French law
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civil code → codification of law → legal code → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Code Napoléon
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Code civil des Français → |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
First French Empire
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France → |
| commissionedBy |
Napoleon Bonaparte
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| corePrinciple |
abolition of feudal privileges
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equality before the law → freedom of contract → protection of private property → secular authority of the state → |
| countryOfOrigin |
France
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| dateOfEnactment |
1804-03-21
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| draftedBy |
François Denis Tronchet
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Félix-Julien-Jean Bigot de Préameneu → Jacques de Maleville → Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis → |
| hasPart |
Book I: Of Persons
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Book II: Of Property and the Different Modifications of Ownership → Book III: Of the Different Modes of Acquiring Property → |
| historicalSignificance |
major milestone in the codification of civil law
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model for many 19th-century civil codes worldwide → |
| influenced |
Belgian Civil Code
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Dutch Civil Code (early versions) → Italian Civil Code → Louisiana Civil Code → Quebec Civil Code → Spanish Civil Code → civil law systems in Africa → civil law systems in Europe → civil law systems in Latin America → civil law systems in the Middle East → |
| influencedBy |
Ancien Régime customary law
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Enlightenment legal thought → Revolutionary French legislation → Roman law → |
| language |
French
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| legalDomain |
civil law
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| legalStatus |
foundation of modern French civil law
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| promulgatedBy |
Napoleon Bonaparte
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| regulates |
civil rights
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contract law → family law → inheritance law → obligations → property law → |
| replaced |
feudal legal structures in France
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regional customary laws in France → |
| yearOfEnactment |
1804
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