Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Napoleonic Code is civil, not penal law

In a letter to the editor published Jan. 31 and titled "A legal code on guilt for priest?," the author wrote that "in the Napoleonic Code an accused person was considered guilty until proven innocent.
The Local

Is the Napoleonic Code really still in force in France?

Original manuscripts on the Consulate and Empire that belonged to Jean-Etienne-Marie Portalis (1746-1807), one of the architects of the Napoleonic Code at an auction in 2012. (Photo by ANNE-CHRISTINE ...
The New York Times

FRANCE TO REVISE NAPOLEONIC CODE; First Major Change Since 1804 Will Give Wives Increased Rights

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The New York Times

FRENCH COURTS RULE ON WRITING OF WILLS; Napoleonic Code, Still in Effect, Prescribes Holographic Testaments.

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Tribune-Star

The (sexist) Napoleonic Code was established in 1804

Under the direction of France’s most famous ruler, Napoleon Bonaparte, the Napoleonic Code — the Code Napoléon — took force last week (March 21) in 1804. Napoleon’s goal was to reform the archaic and ...