Why Is Napoleonic Code Important

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Napoleonic code

Somewhere in the back of Valerian’s mind one hundred French chevaliers were roaming the hills on horses. Their swords were in their scabbards and their epaulets glittered in the sun. Backs straight, shoulders high – alert but restful in the security of the Napoleonic code.
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The Napoleonic code replaced the French feudal legal system, and was based on Roman law (and specifically on Justinian’s Corpus Juris Civilis) (Collins). Divided principally into three parts – persons, property, and the acquisition of property (Collins) – the Napoleonic code was born out of the French revolution, and is reflective of those ideas (fraternity, equality, and liberty) issuing from that period – and to standardize legal