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DEFINE NAPOLEANIC CODE?
The Code Napoléon is the French civil code, established under Napoléon I in 1804. The code forbade privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs should go to the most qualified.
Though Napoleon was a dictator and was against democracy, the administrative system introduced by him in the territories ruled by France (e.g., the Dutch Republic, Switzerland, Italy and Germany) made the system more rational and efficient.
(i)   Napoleon reformed the French legal system and simplified the administrative divisions.
(ii)  Removed privileges based on birth, abolished the feudal system and freed peasants from serfdom and manorial dues.
(iii) In towns guild restrictions were removed.
(iv) Transport and communications systems improved.
(v)  Uniform system of weights and measures and common national currency were introduced. This facilitated the movement of goods and capital from one region and to  another.
(vi) Established uniform laws and equality before law be it a businessman or a small scale producer of good.
(vii) Secured the right to property.


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