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Code Civil is an advance in Napoleonic Europe, a scenario in Civilization III: Conquests.
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Before the Revolution, France was awash in legal inconsistencies. Hundreds of codes of law were practiced: The northern part of the country practiced a form of Common Law, while the south practiced Roman Law. When Napoleon came to power, he quickly moved to consolidate and codify these laws, and by 1804, the consolidation was ratified and put into practice.
The Code Napoleon (later renamed to Civil Code), was a mix of liberal and conservative philosophy, in which many basic rights guaranteed before the Revolution –- civil equality, freedom of religion and the abolition of feudalism –- were retained. The Code also guaranteed property rights and reinforced patriarchal power by giving full household authority to the husband. After Napoleon's fall in 1815, the Code was retained almost in its entirety by the Bourbons and is, to this day, the modus operandi for many legal systems throughout the world.