Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès

Oct 18, 1753 - Mar 8, 1824

Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès, Duke of Parma, was a French nobleman, lawyer and statesman during the French Revolution and the First Empire. He is best remembered as one of the authors of the Napoleonic Code, which still forms the basis of French civil law and French-inspired civil law in many countries.
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