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Napoleonic Code

 In 1800, Napoléon I appointed a


commission of four persons to undertake
the task of compiling the Napoleonic
Code
 Assimilated the private law of France -
the law governing transactions and
relationships between individuals
 A revised version of the Roman law or
Civil Law, which predominated in Europe
 The Napoleonic Code served as the
prototype for subsequent codes during
the nineteenth century
Napoleon promulgated…
• the Code of Civil Procedure
(1807)
• the Commercial Code (1808)
• the Code of Criminal Procedure
(1811)
• the Penal Code (1811)

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