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Controlled the local customs before the Code (hint: think status)
People in power
What did it do to the law system of France (and across its colonies)?
unified them
This Canadian province uses a code based on it
Quebec
Abolished this old system
Serfdom/ feudal system
Whose privileges were replaced and by which class?
What about the way it was written was the Code known for?
its clarity (accessibility)
What is primogeniture and did the Code encourage it?
Eldest son receives all the inheritance.
No, encouraged to divide inheritance between all sons.
Laws prior to the Napoleonic Code consisted of what?
local customs
The Code was based on ideas from what event
Laws could be applied in this form
written
Deprived who of individual rights?
Women
Enacted on this date (date, month and year)
March 21, 1804
It banned criminalizing actions which were legal when committed. What is this called?
Ex post facto
What law does the rest of Canada (not Quebec) rely on?
Common law
Divided into what 4 types of laws?
Commercial, criminal, property, and family law