Napoleonic Code

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French law civil code codification of law legal code

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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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Napoleonic Code canonical	32
French Civil Code	10
Napoleonic Civil Code	4
Code Napoléon	3
Napoleonic legal reforms	3
Code civil des Français	2
Napoleonic law	2
Discours préliminaire du projet de code civil	1
Latin American civil codes	1
Napoleonic Code (broad legal context)	1
Napoleonic Code adoption (1804)	1
Napoleonic legal codification project	1
influenced by Napoleonic Code	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French law ⓘ civil code ⓘ codification of law ⓘ legal code ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Napoleonic Code ⓘ surface form: Code Napoléon Napoleonic Code ⓘ surface form: Code civil des Français
appliesToJurisdiction	First French Empire ⓘ France ⓘ
commissionedBy	Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
corePrinciple	abolition of feudal privileges ⓘ equality before the law ⓘ freedom of contract ⓘ protection of private property ⓘ secular authority of the state ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
dateOfEnactment	1804-03-21 ⓘ
draftedBy	François Denis Tronchet ⓘ Félix-Julien-Jean Bigot de Préameneu ⓘ Jacques de Maleville ⓘ Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis ⓘ
hasPart	Book I: Of Persons ⓘ 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 ⓘ model for many 19th-century civil codes worldwide ⓘ
influenced	Belgian Civil Code ⓘ Burgerlijk Wetboek (partly, in the Netherlands) ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Enlightenment legal thought ⓘ Revolutionary French legislation ⓘ Roman law ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
legalDomain	civil law ⓘ
legalStatus	foundation of modern French civil law ⓘ
promulgatedBy	Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
regulates	civil rights ⓘ contract law ⓘ family law ⓘ inheritance law ⓘ obligations ⓘ property law ⓘ
replaced	feudal legal structures in France ⓘ regional customary laws in France ⓘ
yearOfEnactment	1804 ⓘ

Referenced by (62)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Napoleon Bonaparte → notableWork → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

Burgerlijk Wetboek (partly, in the Netherlands) → influencedBy → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

subject surface form: Burgerlijk Wetboek

this entity surface form: French Civil Code

Corpus Juris Civilis → influenced → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

Napoleonic Code → alsoKnownAs → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Code Napoléon

Napoleonic Code → alsoKnownAs → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Code civil des Français

French Consulate → significantEvent → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Napoleonic Code adoption (1804)

French Consulate → notableLaw → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

Code Louis (legal ordinances associated with his reign) → replacedBy → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

subject surface form: Code Louis

Code Louis (legal ordinances associated with his reign) → influenced → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

subject surface form: Code Louis

Body of Civil Law → influenced → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin American civil codes

First French Empire → legalSystem → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

Duchy of Warsaw → legalSystem → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

Spanish Civil Code → inspiredBy → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Civil Code

Spanish Civil Code → inspiredBy → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

Félix-Julien-Jean Bigot de Préameneu → notableWork → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès → notableWork → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

Louisiana Civil Code → influencedBy → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

Italian Civil Code → inspiredBy → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

Belgian Civil Code → basedOn → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Civil Code

Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis → notableWork → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Discours préliminaire du projet de code civil

Book II: Of Property and the Different Modifications of Ownership → partOf → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Code civil des Français

Book II: Of Property and the Different Modifications of Ownership → codifiedIn → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Civil Code

Egyptian law → influencedBy → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

Jacques de Maleville → notableWork → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Civil Code

Jacques de Maleville → movement → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Napoleonic legal reforms

Jacques de Maleville → partOf → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Napoleonic legal codification project

Kingdom of Italy → legalSystem → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

subject surface form: Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)

Kingdom of Westphalia → legalSystem → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

Grand Duchy of Berg → legalSystem → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

French Empire → legalSystem → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

Napoleon I as ruler of Parma (Napoleonic administration) → legalSystem → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

Spanish law → influencedBy → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

Charter of 1814 → maintainsInstitution → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Napoleonic Civil Code

Kingdom of Holland → hasLegalSystem → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

French law → basedOn → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

Count of the French Empire → associatedWith → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Napoleonic Code (broad legal context)

Law of Obligations → codifiedIn → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Civil Code

Japanese Civil Code → influencedBy → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Civil Code

Rheinbund → legalSystemInfluencedBy → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

civil code of Chile → influencedBy → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

subject surface form: Civil Code of Chile

Bigot de Préameneu → notableWork → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Napoleonic Civil Code

Bigot de Préameneu → participatedIn → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Napoleonic legal reforms

Digest of 1808 → influencedBy → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

Civil Code of 1825 → influencedBy → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Code Napoléon

Belgian legal system → influencedBy → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

Jean-Étienne-Marie → notableWork → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

subject surface form: Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis

this entity surface form: Napoleonic Civil Code

Portalis → notableWork → Napoleonic Code ⓘ

subject surface form: Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis

this entity surface form: Napoleonic Civil Code