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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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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Napoleon Bonaparte notableWork Napoleonic Code
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Napoleonic Code alsoKnownAs Code Napoléon
linked to: Napoleonic Code
Napoleonic Code alsoKnownAs Code civil des Français
linked to: Napoleonic Code
French Consulate significantEvent Napoleonic Code adoption (1804)
linked to: Napoleonic Code
French Consulate notableLaw Napoleonic Code
Code Louis replacedBy Napoleonic Code
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Spanish Civil Code inspiredBy Napoleonic Code
Louisiana Civil Code influencedBy Napoleonic Code
Italian Civil Code inspiredBy Napoleonic Code
Belgian Civil Code basedOn Napoleonic Code
Belgian Civil Code basedOn French Civil Code
linked to: Napoleonic Code
Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis notableWork Discours préliminaire du projet de code civil
linked to: Napoleonic Code
Book II: Of Property and the Different Modifications of Ownership partOf Code civil des Français
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Book II: Of Property and the Different Modifications of Ownership codifiedIn French Civil Code
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Jacques de Maleville notableWork French Civil Code
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Jacques de Maleville movement Napoleonic legal reforms
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Jacques de Maleville partOf Napoleonic legal codification project
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subject linked to: Kingdom of Italy
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linked to: Napoleonic Code
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linked to: Napoleonic Code
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subject linked to: civil code of Chile
Bigot de Préameneu notableWork Napoleonic Civil Code
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Bigot de Préameneu participatedIn Napoleonic legal reforms
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Digest of 1808 influencedBy Napoleonic Code
Civil Code of 1825 influencedBy Code Napoléon
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Belgian legal system influencedBy Napoleonic Code
Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis notableWork Napoleonic Civil Code
subject linked to: Jean-Étienne-Marie
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Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis notableWork Napoleonic Civil Code
subject linked to: Portalis
linked to: Napoleonic Code