Code civil

E596346

The Code civil is the foundational French civil code established under Napoleon in 1804, which systematically governs private law matters such as contracts, property, and family relations and has influenced many legal systems worldwide.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Code civil des Français 3
Code civil canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French legislation
civil code
alsoKnownAs Code Napoléon
linked to: Napoleonic Code

Napoleonic Code
appliesTo private law
codificationType systematic codification of private law
country France
dateOfEnactment 1804-03-21
draftedBy Commission of jurists appointed by Napoleon
enteredIntoForceIn Metropolitan France
hasAmendment major reforms of family law in the 20th century
reforms of obligations law in the 21st century
hasPart Book I: Des personnes
Book II: Des biens et des différentes modifications de la propriété
Book III: Des différentes manières dont on acquiert la propriété
linked to: Book III: Property
historicalPeriod Napoleonic era
influenced Belgian Civil Code
Dutch Civil Code (old)
linked to: Dutch Civil Code

Italian Civil Code (1865)
linked to: Italian Civil Code

Louisiana Civil Code
Portuguese Civil Code
Quebec Civil Code (historically)
linked to: Quebec Civil Code

Spanish Civil Code
civil codes in Latin America
civil codes in North Africa
civil codes in the Middle East
influencedBy Ancien Régime customary law
linked to: Ancien Régime

Enlightenment legal thought
Roman law
isFoundationFor modern French civil law
jurisdiction French Republic
language French
legalStatus in force (with amendments)
legalSystem civil law
legalTradition continental European civil law
originalTitle Code civil des Français
linked to: Code civil
promulgatedBy Napoleon Bonaparte
purpose legal certainty
unification of private law in France
regulates contracts
family law
obligations
property law
real rights
successions
subjectOf French private law
yearOfEnactment 1804

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French law codifiedIn Code civil
Bigot de Préameneu notableWork Code civil des Français
linked to: Code civil
Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis notableWork Code civil des Français
subject linked to: Portalis
linked to: Code civil
French colonial law basedOn Code civil
Code civil originalTitle Code civil des Français
linked to: Code civil