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NAPOLEON CODEX 1 - 3 vols. [1st edition 1808, codex].

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Napoleon's codex with footnotes 1 - 3 vols. [co-edited] complete edition

Warsaw 1808 in Drukarnia Xięży Piarów first Polish edition
190, [2], 404, [20] s.
o. period half leather, gilt titlepage and decorative rosettes on spine
Card edges stained
A nice piece. Abrasions of the binding, restorations of some pages - outside the text, small stains
For. ca: 17.5x11 cm

Code Napoléon (French: Code Napoléon, Code civil des Français) - a set of rules and legal norms of civil law introduced in France in 1804 by Napoleon Bonaparte. It was the first great codification of French law, following the collapse of the ancien régime as a result of the French Revolution.

It introduced many modern developments, but retained elements of the previous state of the law. He retained the civilian death penalty, which, when pronounced by the court, had quite unfortunate consequences for the convicted (deprived of all rights, the convict's property was confiscated or fell to the heirs, etc.). It restricted women's rights (among other things, a husband could demand a divorce if his wife committed adultery, but if the husband committed adultery, the wife was entitled to a divorce only if the mistress was kept in the joint home of the spouses; a woman remained for life under the guardianship of the nearest male relative or husband and could not dispose of her property or marital property; the husband was entrusted with the role of raising offspring). The inheritance law was intended to limit the formation of large families.

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