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Subj: Today in History - Mar 21
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After four years of debate and planning, French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte enacts a new legal framework for France, known as th
e “Napoleonic Code.” The civil code gave post-revolutionary France its first coherent set of laws concerning property, colo
nial affairs, the family and individual rights.
In 1804, General Napoleon Bonaparte, as the new emperor of France, began the arduous task of revising Frances outdated and m
uddled legal system. He established a special commission, led by J.J. Cambaceres, which met more than 80 times to discuss the r
evolutionary legal revisions, and Napoleon presided over nearly half of these sessions. In March 1804, the Napoleonic Code was
finally approved.
It codified several branches of law, including commercial and criminal law, and divided civil law into categories of property a
nd family. The Napoleonic Code made the authority of men over their families stronger, deprived women of any individual rights,
and reduced the rights of illegitimate children. All male citizens were also granted equal rights under the law and the right
to religious dissent, but colonial slavery was reintroduced. The laws were applied to all territories under Napoleons contro
l and were influential in several other European countries and in South America.
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