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In 1800, Napoléon I Appointed A Commission of Four Assimilated The A The Napoleonic Code Served As The Prototype For

The Napoleonic Code was a set of laws established in 1800 by Napoleon I to consolidate the many local customs and laws that existed in France into a single set of comprehensive legal codes. It assimilated private law governing relationships between individuals based on Roman civil law. The code served as a model for subsequent legal codes in Europe in the 19th century and included the Code of Civil Procedure, Commercial Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, and Penal Code.

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In 1800, Napoléon I Appointed A Commission of Four Assimilated The A The Napoleonic Code Served As The Prototype For

The Napoleonic Code was a set of laws established in 1800 by Napoleon I to consolidate the many local customs and laws that existed in France into a single set of comprehensive legal codes. It assimilated private law governing relationships between individuals based on Roman civil law. The code served as a model for subsequent legal codes in Europe in the 19th century and included the Code of Civil Procedure, Commercial Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, and Penal Code.

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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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