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 ...

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 ...

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 ...