Of course, with everything settled in, Napoleon created the Napoleonic Code. The Napoleonic Code, (or the Civil Code of 1804) was one of the most important things that Napoleon has done. During the monarchy, or the reign of Louis XVI, the Convention began the process of organizing and updating the French laws, but was interrupted by the Revolution. Napoleon orders the Council of State to seek from lawyers to arrange the laws of the land and Napoleon himself attended the discussions and debates. The Napoleonic code was over 2,000 articles long and it established equality of all people before the law and religion. It also proclaimed the “freedom of work,” acknowledging a 1791 law that forbade associations of workers or employers’ associations.
