Because Napoleon or Tyrant or Dictator, supported many ideas of the Enlightenment and begin instituting systems and titles from the monarchy,historians later classified him as a <em>Despot</em> and his policies were called <em>Napoleonic Civil Code,1804 or The Napoleonic Code.</em>
- It was the first legal code to be established in an European country with a civil legal system.
- It influenced the laws of many countries formed during and after Napoleonic Wars.
- The Napoleonic Code influenced developing countries outside Europe,especially in the Middle East,attempting to modernize their countries through legal reforms.
- These codes gave post revolutionary France its first coherent set of laws concerning property,colonial affairs,the family and individual rights.
- Napoleon centralized the government,putting control firmly in the hands of the national government.
- The overall goal of the Napoleonic Code was to reform French law in line with the principles of Revolution.
- The Code with its stress on clearly written and accessible laws,was a major step in replacing the previous patchwork of feudal laws.
- This Code gave right to equality to all men.
- Napoleon's initial goal was to stabilize the government of France.France was in turmoil after the revolution.Napoleon did stabilize the government and implement judicial reforms to increase Democratic reforms.He also planned to protect France from foreign countries opposed to a France without a monarchy.
The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Although there are no options attached we can say the following.
The judicial branch served as a check on the Executive and Legislative branch in that teh Supreme Court had the power and the faculty to declare a law unconstitutional.
That was the consequence of the judicial review established by the United States Supreme Court in 1803 when it resolved the case Marbury v. Madison.
The Supreme Court could review and decide the constitutionality of decisions made by the Executive branch and the Legislative branch because no action should contradict the Constitution of the United States.
That is the beauty of the checks and balances system in the federal government. That none of the three branches has more power over the other two.
