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
instanceOf French law ⓘ
civil code ⓘ
codification of law ⓘ
legal code ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Code Napoléon ⓘ
linked to: Napoleonic Code

Code civil des Français ⓘ
linked to: Napoleonic Code
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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Napoleonic Code → alsoKnownAs → Code civil des Français ⓘ
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Egyptian law → influencedBy → Napoleonic Code ⓘ
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Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis → notableWork → Napoleonic Civil Code ⓘ
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