Les cinq codes

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Les cinq codes (English: the five codes) was a set of legal codes established under Napoléon I between 1804 and 1810:

Code civil (1804), the first and best known
Code de procédure civile (1806)
Code de commerce (1807)
Code d’instruction criminelle (1808)
Code pénal (1810).

References

↑ Les Cinq Codes de l'Empire Français [The Five Codes of the French Empire] (in French). Legare Street Press. 2023-07-18. ISBN 9781021430137. {{cite book}}: More than one of |publication-date= and |date= specified (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)

French criminal law

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Sources of the law	Constitution of France Constitutional block ECHR Fundamental laws of the Kingdom of France Old French law French customary law^[fr] TFEU
Codes and documents	Criminal Ordinance of 1670 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen Penal Code of 1791 Code of Offences and Penalties Five Codes Code of criminal procedure of 1808 [fr] Penal Code of 1810 Code of criminal procedure Penal code of 1994
People	Robert Badinter Cesare Beccaria Élisabeth Guigou Montesquieu Le Pelletier de Saint-Fargeau
Institutions	Maréchaussée Presidial court Gendarmerie nationale National Police

Participants

Judiciary	Correctional court Court of Assize Court of appeal Court of Cassation EU Court of Justice European Court of Human Rights Jurisdictional dualism Local court [fr] Police court Sentence Enforcement Court [fr]
Other	Ministère public Public prosecutor [fr] Investigating judge Judicial police Directorate Liberty and custody judge [fr] Sentence enforcement judge [fr] Judiciary of France

Codes	Penal code Criminal procedure
Classes	Contravention Délit [fr] Crime [fr]
Components [fr]	Principle of legality Material element [fr] Moral element [fr]
Aggravating and mitigating factors	Aggravating circumstances [fr] Recidivism [fr] Premeditation [fr] Personal vulnerability [fr] Mitigating circumstances [fr]
Examples	Crime in France List of crimes [fr] Assassination Biens mal acquis Accessory [fr] Murder Rape [fr] Theft [fr]

Criminal
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Guiding principles	Accused person (prévenu) [fr] Criminal responsibility Culpability Evidence [fr] Code Jurisprudence [fr] Presumption of innocence [fr] Guigou law [fr] Reasonable doubt in France Systems: Adversarial system in France [fr] Inquisitorial system Statute of limitations [fr]
Modes	Civil action [fr] Public action
Actions	Complaint [fr] Police custody [fr] Police investigation [fr] Prosecution Prosecutorial discretion Criminalization [fr] Qualification [fr] Judicial investigation [fr] Indictment [fr] Warrant [fr] Search warrant [fr] Court supervision [fr] Preventive detention [fr]
Roles	Magistrate [fr] Public prosecutor [fr] Investigating judge Jury [fr] Liberty and custody judge [fr] Sentence enforcement judge [fr]
Redress	Appeal [fr] Opposition [fr] Cassation [fr] Review and reexamination [fr] European Court of Human Rights

Punishment [fr]

Basics	Main penalty [fr] Peine complémentaire [fr] Minimum sentence Suspended sentence [fr] Early release [fr] Acquittal [fr] Parole [fr] Prison [fr] Rehabilitation [fr] Penalty order [fr] Prison administration [fr]
Penalties	Reprimand Fines [fr] Day-fine Capital punishment Guillotine Citizenship training [fr] Coercion [fr] Community service [fr] Punishment and redress [fr] Imprisonment [fr] Civil rights restrictions [fr] Electronic monitoring [fr] Stay (sursis) [fr] Criminal imprisonment (réclusion) [fr]

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publishing	Dalloz Documentation française National School for the Judiciary (ENM) Journal officiel Legifrance

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