Author: Leslie Carr-Riegel
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| FocusThe Code Civil: The Art of Unity and Change
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In 1804, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte unveiled what is arguably his greatest achievement, le Code civil des Français – the French Code Civil. This document, which consisted of 2,281 articles, did away at last with the vast array…
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| FocusReprisal, Annexation, and Guano… oh my!
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While perusing my research at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg I ran across a footnote mentioning a case involving the right of reprisal set before the U.S. Congress in 1857. As a medievalist studying the topic…