The French Civil Code

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gptkbp:instanceOf legal code
gptkbp:appliesTo family law
inheritance
contracts
torts
gptkbp:contains over 2,000 articles
gptkbp:country gptkb:France
gptkbp:divisions books
gptkbp:enactedBy 1804
gptkbp:established family law
property law
contract law
legal principles
successions law
gptkbp:governs private law
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The French Civil Code
gptkbp:influenced civil law systems
legal codes in other countries
European_Union_law
gptkbp:isAvailableIn digital format
gptkbp:isBasedOn Roman_law
gptkbp:isCitedIn academic research
court decisions
legal literature
gptkbp:isConsidered a foundational legal document
gptkbp:isDividedInto chapters
sections
titles
gptkbp:isFiledIn gptkb:French_language
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy international law
gptkbp:isPartOf French_legal_system
gptkbp:isRecognizedBy legal scholars
gptkbp:isReferencedIn legal textbooks
gptkbp:isStudiedIn law schools
gptkbp:isSubjectTo constitutional review
legislative amendments
judicial interpretation
gptkbp:isUpdatedBy periodically
gptkbp:isUsedBy a model for other codes
gptkbp:isUsedIn gptkb:French_overseas_territories
gptkbp:promotes equality before the law
gptkbp:provides inheritance rights
legal certainty
divorce regulations
marriage regulations
protection of minors
contractual_freedom
gptkbp:publishedBy Of Persons
Of Property
Of the Different Modes of Acquiring Property
gptkbp:renovated 2005
2016
2019
various times
gptkbp:replacedBy Napoleonic Code
gptkbp:signature civil rights
gptkbp:translatedInto multiple languages