Napoleonic Code

Cards (4)

  • A set of laws devised by the French and implemented in when they ruled the region of now Louisiana
  • Louisiana continues to operate under some of the precepts of Napoleonic code, especially inheritance laws
  • the code Stanley references states that any property belonging to a spouse prior to marriage becomes property of both spouses once married
  • this means that Stanley is correct in saying that he is also being deprived by Blanche depriving Stella of inheritance.