Explain any three features of Napoleonic Code

Explain any three features of Napoleonic Code.

NAPOLEON had brought revolutionary changes in the administrative field :

  1. The Napoleon Civil Code of 1804 did away with all privileges based on birth and established equality before the law.
  2. Secured the right of property.
  3. Abolished the feudal system and freed peasants from serfdom and manorial dues.
  4. Napoleon simplified administrative divisions;
  5. In the towns, guild restrictions were removed.
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