Jean-Etienne-Marie Portalis was a French jurist and politician who lived from 1746 to 1807, active during the French Revolution and the First French Empire. He was one of the chief draftsmen of the Napoleonic Code, which became the foundational framework of the French legal system. He was the father of Joseph Marie Portalis, a diplomat and statesman.
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RoleJurist and statesman; principal draftsman of the French Napoleonic Code (Code civil) 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction BirthplaceLe Beausset, Var, Provence, France 1 Place of Death Classification
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Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis (1 April 1746 – 25 August 1807) was a French jurist and politician in the time of the French Revolution and the First Empire.
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Portalis was one of the chief draftsmen of the Napoleonic Code, which serves as the foundational framework of the French legal system.
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Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis (1 April 1746 - 25 August 1807) was a French jurist and politician in the time of the French Revolution and the First Empire.
Biography, Early life section
Portalis was born at Le Beausset, currently in the Var département of Provence, France to a bourgeois family
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He soon after became totally blind, and, after an operation, he died at Paris.
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- In Legal System: French Legal System, Jean-Etienne-Marie Portalis was a French jurist and politician who lived from 1746 to 1807, active during the French Revolution and the First French Empire. He was one of the chief draftsmen
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he appointed on 12 August 1800 a commission of distinguished jurists and politicians, including Jacques de Maleville, François Denis Tronchet, Félix-Julien-Jean Bigot de Préameneu, Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis to draft a civil code.
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