Under the direction of France’s most famous ruler, Napoleon Bonaparte, the Napoleonic Code – the Code Napoléon – took force this week (March 21) in 1804. Napoleon’s goal was to reform the archaic and ...

There are many things that Napoleon Bonaparte was known for — his leadership abilities, his rise and fall, his height, his hand tucked in his coat, Josephine. In Louisiana, however, he is widely known ...

Under the direction of France’s most famous ruler, Napoleon Bonaparte, the Napoleonic Code — the Code Napoléon — took force last week (March 21) in 1804. Napoleon’s goal was to reform the archaic and ...

Among Louisiana's many quirks is a legal one: Its laws, rather than being based on English Common Law like those in the other 49 states, are instead based on the Napoleonic Code. I confess that I have ...

Judge Lanier Anderson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. (Photo: Zach Porter/ALM) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed a lower court's order laying liability for ...