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Chapter 19 - Legal And Administrative Change Flashcards

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1
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What did the codification of law help do?

A

Created a written + accessible record

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2
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Who helped create the Napoleonic codes?

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Legal experts
2 lawyers from North
2 lawyers from South
Napoleon

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3
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When was the Code Civil des francais (Civil Code) issued?

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1804

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4
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What was it renamed to in 1807?

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‘Code Napoleon’

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What key rev changes did it confirm?

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  • Abolition of feudalism + Church privilege
  • Secularisation if the state
  • Equality before the law + freedom of conscience
  • Legal rights for the purchasers of biens nationaux
  • Supported Employer over employee
  • No association of workers
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6
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What was the most controversial areas of the new laws?

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Re-establishment of male rights
(Showed a strong influence from Roman law)

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7
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What were some of these laws?

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Husband head of family
Children controlled by fathers
Divorce still harder for woman
Female rights of inheritance restricted

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8
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What was the partage?

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Where 75% of property had to be dispersed between all legitimate offspring (men + women)

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9
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How many more codes were commissioned by Napoleon?

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4

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10
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What did the code in 1806 do?

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Standardised court practice in relation to the civil code

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What did the code in 1807 do?

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Provided guidelines for trade and business
Included debt + bankruptcy

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What did the code in 1808 do?

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Maintained the practice of trial by jury
Could permit arrest without trial

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What did the code in 1810 do?

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Guideline for punishments
Established maximum + minimum penalties unlike absolutes in AR

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What did N regard it as?

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One of his main legacies
More consolidation than innovation

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15
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What changed in the judiciary after the Constitution of Year VIII?

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Most stayed the same
But only local magistrates were elected by citizens
This was eventually phased out
Their service went from 3 to 10 years

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16
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What were judges appointed for?

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For life

17
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Who eventually made the direct appointments of the judges?

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Napoleon

18
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Who else did he appoint?

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Government commissioners
Also called Imperial prosecutors

19
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Even though he chose men what was there occasionally?

A

Purges
Biggest in 1807

20
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What did the new special courts do?

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Could impose the death penalty

21
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What did N inherit the system of?

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Elected councils for local govts
But not always fully effective as no direct cooperation with central govt

22
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What did N replace this with?

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Prefects
Agents responsible for central authority in the departements

23
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Who were they helped by?

A

Sub-prefects
District councils
Mayors
Commissioners of police

24
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What were prefects responsible for?

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Conscription
Tax collection
Agriculture
Industry
Commerce
Public work
Roads
Welfare
Education

25
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How were they supposed to act?

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Be ‘eyes + ears’ of central govt
Report behaviour
Spread propaganda
Carry govt orders out

26
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How were prefects chosen?

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For talents not political views
Although moderates preferred to radicals

27
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What percentage of prefects were employed in the former rev govt?

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68%

28
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What were the 5 main branches of local govt?

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Prefects - under ministry of interior
Courts - ministry of justice
Gendarmerie - war ministry
Police - ministry of general police
Tax bureau - ministry of finance

29
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What did the administrative system offer?

A

Internal stability

30
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What were the two police forces N kept from rev govt?

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Military police - gendarmerie
Civilian police - like secret police

31
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What were the gendarmes in the community?

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6-10 men in each community
Kept with family away from people the policed
Had to come from different places to where they were policing
Given uniforms + rifles
Reported to minister of war

32
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What were the jobs of the gendarmerie?

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Law enforcement
Dealing with violent crimes
Helped enforce conscription

33
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Eben though they were effective what were still problems?

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Gangs of wandering labourers
Enforcing conscription was hard

34
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What did the administrative police (civilian) do?

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Gathered info on troublemakers
Took orders from commissaries de police

35
Q

Who was the minister of police and what did they have to do?

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Fouché
Daily reports to N

36
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What did they to you opponents of the structure?

A

Surveillance constantly
Letters interrogated
Literature destroyed
People exiled e.g. Madame de Stäel

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