Jessica
December 07, 2008, 02:49 PM
Our group are assigned to the subject "the legal system", which was one of the changes Napoleon brought to France.
We are to teach the class why it was important. We are going to do it on Tuesday.
I wrote some notes, based on my textbook:
*Napoleon made his greatest impact on French law
*old feudal & royal laws were often contradictory & confusing
*Napoleonic Code based on Enlightenment ideas; such as: equality of all citizens before law, religious toleration, & advancement based on merit
*placed the state above the individual
*limited freedom of speech & press by allowing books, plays, and pamphlets
*Women lost many of the rights they had gained during the revolution (:mad:)
*male heads of households were given extensive authority over wives & minor children (:mad:)
Any ideas on how to teach why it was important? Was it because Napoleon made the laws easier to understand?
We are to teach the class why it was important. We are going to do it on Tuesday.
I wrote some notes, based on my textbook:
*Napoleon made his greatest impact on French law
*old feudal & royal laws were often contradictory & confusing
*Napoleonic Code based on Enlightenment ideas; such as: equality of all citizens before law, religious toleration, & advancement based on merit
*placed the state above the individual
*limited freedom of speech & press by allowing books, plays, and pamphlets
*Women lost many of the rights they had gained during the revolution (:mad:)
*male heads of households were given extensive authority over wives & minor children (:mad:)
Any ideas on how to teach why it was important? Was it because Napoleon made the laws easier to understand?