A year later, the draft code was completed, and Napoleon ordered it to be sent to the Privy Council and various courts. These government departments held a total of 65,438+002 seminars to review and revise the draft, 97 of which were presided over by Napoleon himself.
The influence of later generations
The Napoleonic Code is an important achievement of the French bourgeois revolution and the earliest civil code in bourgeois countries. ?
This code confirms the legitimacy of the bourgeoisie and peasants' possession of aristocratic and church land property, and ensures that it will not be violated by feudal forces; Deny feudal privileges, establish the principle of bourgeois freedom and equality, and stipulate that every citizen enjoys the same civil rights and capacity; The Code clearly defines family, marriage, inheritance and other aspects of social life.
This code is the earliest civil code in capitalist countries, which broke the feudal legislative principle, became the legislative norm of European and American bourgeoisie, and promoted the development of capitalism.