Re: [NTLK] Shreve Systems and the Napoleonic Code

From: David Ensteness (denstene_at_mac.com)
Date: Sun Sep 14 2003 - 11:07:36 PDT


The Napoleonic Code was actually a very democratic set of laws covering
all areas of the legal system starting in around 1799 in France.
Whether we would consider them *very* democratic today, eh, depends on
the instance. But at the time they were very liberal.

David

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