Talk:Civil code

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what's the importance of the Civil Code of Quebec that it has to be mentioned in the "Important civil codes" section?

I suppose because someone from Canada added it. It wasn't in my original version of this page. Martg76 08:34, 25 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It's the only province of Canada which has a civil code, much like Louisiana in the U.S.

It's unique because it exists within one of the few bijural countries in the world.

Dual jurisdictions like Louisiana, Quebec, and South Africa are very interesting.

From the Civil Code of Quebec article: The reform process that led to the replacement of the Civil Code of Lower Canada by the Civil Code of Quebec was one of the largest legislative recodification undertakings in any civil law jurisdiction. --thirty-seven 17:30, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

California

I put in the California civil code as an example of a statute called civil code which arguably does not fit within the history of civil codes and civil law in the way that the others do.

Precedence vs Civil Code

I'm curious how the whole system of the civil code stands up to something like precedence. In light of a civil code does precedence carry much less weight in a court of law?

First code in America

"The first civil code promulgated in America was that of Louisiana of 1804" I don't have the exact date for the Louisiana code, but if the French civil code of 1804 was applied in French Guiana and Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, perhaps these territories are the first parts of America with a civil code? Apokrif 16:19, 28 September 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Acording to my data, the actual date of the Lousiana Code is 1822. It is still the first in America, but not contemporary to the Napoleonic Code.--Wgarciamachmar (talk) 13:59, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Minpo

Perhaps an article on the Minpo, the Japanese civil code is long overdue? --WoodElf 15:30, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]