Code Napoleon
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Nor is her appetite stimulated by a legal complication possible in Louisiana whose laws are based on the Code Napoleon.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Code Napoleon put Haro out of business in Normandy proper, but in Channel Islands law the Clameur de Haro still had the force of law and "Haro being called, the enterprise must cease."
From Time Magazine Archive
Inside, three costumed judges bravely subdued their grins, prepared to try the defamation of Napoleon under the Code Napoleon.
From Time Magazine Archive
Code Napoleon, article 544: "Property is the right to enjoy and dispose of things in the most absolute manner, provided we do not overstep the limits prescribed by the laws and regulations."
From What is Property? by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)
Speranski considered the Code Napoleon the model of all progressive legislation.
From A Short History of Russia by Parmele, Mary Platt
