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[[File:Napoléon Bonaparte présentant le code civil à l'impératrice Joséphine.jpg|thumb|Presenting the Code to Empress Josephine]] |
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[[File:Speyer (DerHexer) 2010-12-19 051.jpg|thumb|The Code Napoleon exposed in a museum in [[Speyer]], [[Germany]]. ]] |
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The Napoleonic Codes were a set of laws that Napoleon had made after he made himself the ruler of France. |
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The '''Napoleonic Code''' ‒ or '''Code Napoléon''', officially the '''Code civil des Français''' ‒ is the [[France|French]] [[Civil law|civil code]] established under [[Napoleon|Napoléon I]] in 1804. Four judges wrote the Code for Napoleon, to replace the many different kinds of law in different places. It did not allow [[Privilege (social inequality)|privileges]] based on birth (such as [[nobility]]), established equality before the law and secured the right to property.<ref name=Miller283>''The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America'', ed. Wilbur R. Miller (London: Sage Publications 2012), p. 283</ref> It allowed [[freedom of religion]].<ref name=Miller283/> It also set up a system of [[Civil service]] where [[government]] [[job]]s would go to the most qualified.<ref name=Miller283/> |
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Due to the [[Napoleonic Wars]] the Napoleonic code became an [[influence]] on most of [[Europe]].<ref>''The Oxford Handbook of Capitalism'', ed. Dennis C. Mueller (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2012), p. 187</ref> In particular, it influenced countries such as [[Italy]], [[Spain]], [[Portugal]], [[Latin America]]n countries, the province of [[Quebec]] and the state of [[Louisiana]] in the [[United States]]. It influenced all other former French [[Colony|colonies]] which base their [[civil law]] systems on the Napoleonic Code. The code of 1804: |
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*Simplified administration division |
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*Abolished [[Feudalism|feudal system]] |
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*Allowed [[divorce]] and [[jury trial]] |
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*Removed [[guild]] restrictions in towns |
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*Gave privileges to businessmen, industrialists and professionals |
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**The privileges were the right to equality,freedom and property |
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*Transportation and communication were improved |
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*Introduced a uniform [[system of measurement]] |
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The Napoleonic Code ‒ or Code Napoléon, officially the Code civil des Français ‒ is the French civil code established under Napoléon I in 1804. Four judges wrote the Code for Napoleon, to replace the many different kinds of law in different places. It did not allow privileges based on birth (such as nobility), established equality before the law and secured the right to property.[1] It allowed freedom of religion.[1] It also set up a system of Civil service where government jobs would go to the most qualified.[1]
Due to the Napoleonic Wars the Napoleonic code became an influence on most of Europe.[2] In particular, it influenced countries such as Italy, Spain, Portugal, Latin American countries, the province of Quebec and the state of Louisiana in the United States. It influenced all other former French colonies which base their civil law systems on the Napoleonic Code. The code of 1804:
- Simplified administration division
- Abolished feudal system
- Allowed divorce and jury trial
- Removed guild restrictions in towns
- Gave privileges to businessmen, industrialists and professionals
- The privileges were the right to equality,freedom and property
- Transportation and communication were improved
- Introduced a uniform system of measurement
