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The Napoleonic Code was civil law, nor criminal law. It doesn't deal with these issues. And it treated the burden of evidence similarly to how modern civil proc
by sigmoid10 2y ago
The Napoleonic Code was civil law, nor criminal law. It doesn't deal with these issues. And it treated the burden of evidence similarly to how modern civil procedures do. France and all other countries that emerged from it have a variation of In dubio pro reo.
- Gormo 2y agoYou're using the wrong meaning of "civil law" here. The Napoleonic Code absolutely did include criminal law.