Code civil

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The Code civil is the foundational French civil code established under Napoleon in 1804, which systematically governs private law matters such as contracts, property, and family relations and has influenced many legal systems worldwide.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Code civil des Français 3
Code civil canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French legislation ⓘ
civil code ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Code Napoléon ⓘ
linked to: Napoleonic Code

Napoleonic Code ⓘ
appliesTo private law ⓘ
codificationType systematic codification of private law ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dateOfEnactment 1804-03-21 ⓘ
draftedBy Commission of jurists appointed by Napoleon ⓘ
enteredIntoForceIn Metropolitan France ⓘ
hasAmendment major reforms of family law in the 20th century ⓘ
reforms of obligations law in the 21st century ⓘ
hasPart Book I: Des personnes ⓘ
Book II: Des biens et des différentes modifications de la propriété ⓘ
Book III: Des différentes manières dont on acquiert la propriété ⓘ
linked to: Book III: Property
historicalPeriod Napoleonic era ⓘ
influenced Belgian Civil Code ⓘ
Dutch Civil Code (old) ⓘ
linked to: Dutch Civil Code

Italian Civil Code (1865) ⓘ
linked to: Italian Civil Code

Louisiana Civil Code ⓘ
Portuguese Civil Code ⓘ
Quebec Civil Code (historically) ⓘ
linked to: Quebec Civil Code

Spanish Civil Code ⓘ
civil codes in Latin America ⓘ
civil codes in North Africa ⓘ
civil codes in the Middle East ⓘ
influencedBy Ancien Régime customary law ⓘ
linked to: Ancien Régime

Enlightenment legal thought ⓘ
Roman law ⓘ
isFoundationFor modern French civil law ⓘ
jurisdiction French Republic ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legalStatus in force (with amendments) ⓘ
legalSystem civil law ⓘ
legalTradition continental European civil law ⓘ
originalTitle Code civil des Français ⓘ
linked to: Code civil
promulgatedBy Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
purpose legal certainty ⓘ
unification of private law in France ⓘ
regulates contracts ⓘ
family law ⓘ
obligations ⓘ
property law ⓘ
real rights ⓘ
successions ⓘ
subjectOf French private law ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 1804 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

French law → codifiedIn → Code civil ⓘ
Bigot de Préameneu → notableWork → Code civil des Français ⓘ
linked to: Code civil
Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis → notableWork → Code civil des Français ⓘ
subject linked to: Portalis
linked to: Code civil
French colonial law → basedOn → Code civil ⓘ
Code civil → originalTitle → Code civil des Français ⓘ
linked to: Code civil