Napoléon - Code de procédure civile - 1806

Exciting edition of this work which constitutes one of the great foundational texts of the modern French judicial organization, systematically establishing the rules governing the conduct of civil trials before the various courts of the country -

Elaborated in the context of the major legal reforms undertaken after the promulgation of the Civil Code of 1804, this work aims to unify judicial practices inherited from the Ancien Régime, to remove regional disparities and to establish a clear, uniform and accessible procedure across the entire French territory -

The code defines with precision the respective competencies of the courts, the conditions for bringing actions to court, the modalities for drafting and serving judicial acts, procedural deadlines, the formalities for the appearance of the parties as well as the rights and obligations of plaintiffs, defendants, lawyers, advocates, bailiffs and magistrates -

Napoleon - Civil Procedure Code - 1806 -
356 to 984 pages -

Good condition of the binding, work in full brown leather of the period, wear marks, some minor flaws on covers and spine, adhesive glued along edges, slight splits at the bottom of the spine, marbled edges, back smooth and dull -

Good interior condition, some stains (more pronounced on certain leaves), text clean, no title page, endpapers in decent condition, good copy -

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