Napoleonic code

NAPOLEONIC CODE

inspired by some ideas of the Enlightenment

Main Importance

• Laws were written in a clear way
• All men were equal before the law

• Private property was protected
• Employment and payment were based on merit and talent
• Religious tolerance
• Women did not have any individual rights

“My glory is not that I won forty battles and dictated the law to kings… Waterloo wipes out the memory of all my victories… But what will be wiped out by nothing and will live forever is my Civil Code.”