The Justinian Code was a collection of edited extracts from centuries of Roman laws. The Napoleonic code was a complete rewriting of the law which was put together in a more systematic and rational way. It also incorporated some previous French rules.

If a child is born with a deformity he shall be killed. If a father sells his son into slavery three times, the son shall be free of his father. Our children, begotten in lawful marriage, are in our power. Marriage, or matrimony, is a binding together of a man and woman to live in an indivisible union.

Code of Justinian, Latin Codex Justinianus, formally Corpus Juris Civilis (“Body of Civil Law”), collections of laws and legal interpretations developed under the sponsorship of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I from 529 to 565 ce. Strictly speaking, the works did not constitute a new legal code.

Early version of the Code Civil des Français (“Civil Code of the French”; known as the Napoleonic Code), dated 1803 (year XI of the French republican calendar). The code was promulgated in its entirety in 1804 (year XII) by First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte.

The Napoleonic Code is also called the ‘French Civil Code of 1804’ defined the concept of equality before the law and also secured the right to property. This code was generated to simplify all the laws and systematized into a single document. This Code was spread to the regions under French control.

What were the advantages and disadvantages of the Napoleonic code?

• Established equality before law.
• Abolished all privileges based on birth.
• Simplified administrative divisions.
• Granted the right to property to French citizens.
• Abolished feudal system and freed peasants from serfdom.

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.

It was adopted in many countries occupied by the French during the Napoleonic Wars and thus formed the basis of the law systems of Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Portugal (and their former colonies), and Poland (1808–1946).

Benefits given by the Napoleonic Code 1) All the citizens were equal in the eyes of the law. 2) No recognition of privileges of birth. 3) Freedom of religion. 4) Separation of Church and the State.

Napoleon restored social order. Set up public schools and promoted officials on merit not nobility. Established the Napoleonic code and equality under the law.

1) Established equality before law. 2) Abolished all privileges based on birth. 3) Simplified administrative divisions. 4) Granted the right to property to French citizens.

Explain any three features of Napoleonic Code

• The Napoleon Civil Code of 1804 did away with all privileges based on birth and established equality before the law.
• Secured the right of property.
• Abolished the feudal system and freed peasants from serfdom and manorial dues.
• Napoleon simplified administrative divisions;

Why was the Napoleonic code bad? The Napoleonic Code forbade privileges based off births as to give everyone a fair chance. It also gave government jobs to the most qualified rather than the first noble that comes through the door.

Other codes with some influence in their own right were the Swiss, German, and Austrian codes, but even therein some influence of the French code can be felt, as the Napoleonic Code is considered the first successful codification.

He established civil code in 1804 also known as the Napoleonic Code. It did away with all privileges based on birth. It established equality before the law and secured the right to property. He simplified administrative divisions, the abolished feudal system, and freed peasants from serfdom and manorial dues.

Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military general, the first emperor of France and one of the world’s greatest military leaders. Napoleon revolutionized military organization and training, sponsored the Napoleonic Code, reorganized education and established the long-lived Concordat with the papacy.

Napoleon was a hero because of his success on the battlefield, his effect on the advancement of France, and the fact that he lacked many of the qualities and actions normally associated with great villains in the past. Napoleon was an extremely successful on the battlefield and never stopped winning.