French civil codex.

French civil codex.

Warsaw 1829, in Drukarnia Rządowey. 16, pp. 664, XXIV, pp. contemporary binding, red slipcase and gilt on spine.
Browning, rust spots and traces of staining on pages in places, trace of owner's signature. Includes: On the promulgation, effects, and application of laws in commonwealth; On the use and loss of civil rights; On estates, and on the various limitations of property; On the various means by which property is acquired. The Napoleonic Code - a set of rules and legal norms of civil law introduced in France in 1804 by Napoleon Bonaparte. It was the first great codification of French law, following the collapse of the ancien regime as a result of the French Revolution.