Collectif - Code des délits et des peines - 1810

Rare original edition of this collective work!

One finds the Napoleonic codification of offenses and sanctions that marks a decisive milestone in the history of French criminal law, aiming to establish a coherent, uniform and rational system applicable across the entire territory -

The work, arising from the labor of jurists of the Council of State and promulgated under the authority of Napoleon I, organizes offenses and crimes according to a precise hierarchy, defines the corresponding penalties and introduces fundamental principles such as the legality of offenses and penalties, the proportionality of sanctions and the distinction between contraventions, offenses and crimes -

It is part of the codification movement of the early 19th century, alongside the Civil Code and the Commercial Code, aiming to give post-revolutionary society a stable and centralized legal framework -

Collectif - Code des délits et des peines - 1810 - Hacquart -
(Approximately 500 pages)

Good binding condition, item in its full blue bookbinding from the period, wear from use, corners worn, headpieces damaged, front hinge split, speckled edges, smooth spine titled on a brown leather title piece -

Good interior condition, foxing and damp stains, missing pages including the title page, major imperial edition grouping several parts with different pagination, including the “Extrait des minutes de la secrétairerie d'état” and the “Projet de code des délits et des peines” -

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