What is Napoleonic Code?
[[File:Napoléon Bonaparte présentant le code civil à l'impératrice Joséphine.jpg|thumb|Presenting the Code to Empress Josephine]] [[File:Speyer (DerHexer) 2010-12-19 051.jpg|thumb|The Code Napoleon exposed in a museum in [[Speyer]], [[Germany]]. ]] The '''Napoleonic Code''' ‒ or '''Code Napoléon''', officially the '''Code civil des Français''' ‒ is the [[France|French]] [[Civil law|civil code]] established under [[Napoleon|Napoléon I]] in 1804. Four judges wrote the Code for Napoleon, to replace the many different kinds of law in different places. It did not allow [[Privilege (social inequality)|privileges]] based on birth (such as [[nobility]]), established equality before the law and secured the right to property.<ref name=Miller283>''The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America'', ed. Wilbur R. Miller (London: Sage Publications 2012), p. 283</ref> It allowed [[freedom of religion]].<ref name=Miller283/> It also set up a system of [[Civil service]] where [[government]] [[job]]s would go to the most qualified.<ref name=Miller283/> Due to the [[Napoleonic Wars]] the Napoleonic code became an [[influence]] on most of [[Europe]].<ref>''The Oxford Handbook of Capitalism'', ed. Dennis C. Mueller (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2012), p. 187</ref> In particular, it influenced countries such as [[Italy]], [[Spain]], [[Portugal]], [[Latin America]]n countries, the province of [[Quebec]] and the state of [[Louisiana]] in the [[United States]]. It influenced all other former French [[Colony|colonies]] which base their [[civil law]] systems on the Napoleonic Code. The code of 1804: *Simplified administration division *Abolished [[Feudalism|feudal system]] *Allowed [[divorce]] and [[jury trial]] *Removed [[guild]] restrictions in towns *Gave privileges to businessmen, industrialists and professionals **The privileges were the right to equality,freedom and property *Transportation and communication were improved *Introduced a uniform [[system of measurement]] ==References == {{reflist}} {{europe-stu