Of Democrats & Dictators Links, Unit 3: The Code Napoleon
French Revolution | Napoleon | Before the Code and Making the Code | Rational Reforms
Civil Code & Its Legacy | Differences Between Civil Code and Common Law
1911 Britannica: French Revolution
World Civilizations: French Revolution
Catholic Encyclopedia: French Revolution
Origins of the French Revolution
The French Revolution: The Moderate Stage
The French Revolution: The Radical Stage
Google Directory: French Revolution
Yahoo Directory: French Revolution
Wikipedia: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
1911 Britannica: Declaration of Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Avalon Project: Declaration of the Rights of Man Complete text.
Wikipedia: Napoleon I of France
Napoleon Series Resources and articles on Napoleon.
Open Directory Project: Napoleon Bonaparte
Google Directory: Napoleon Bonaparte
The Law in France Before the Code and Making the Code
Wikipedia: Robert Joseph Pothier
1911 Britannica: Robert Joseph Pothier
Wikipedia: Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès
1911 Britannica: Jean Jacques Regis De Cambaceres
Wikipedia: Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis
1911 Britannica: Jean Etienne Marie Portalls
Wikipedia: François Denis Tronchet
1911 Britannica: Francois Denis Tronchet
Preliminary Address on the First Draft of the Civil Code By Portalis, Tronchet, and other members of the government-appointed commission.
France’s Council of State Details on this institution.
Citizendium: International System of Units
1911 Britannica: Metric System
Uppsala Astronomical Observatory: History of the Celsius Temperature Scale
Wikipedia: Dvorak Simplified Keyboard
The Dvorak Keyboard: A Brief Primer By Randy Cassingham.
The Curse of Qwerty By Jared Diamond.
Dvorak Zine A 24-page zine using comics to promote the Dvorak keyboard.
Yahoo Directory: Dvorak Keyboard
Is Simplified Spelling Worth Reform? Posts on Slashdot on this subject.
International Phonetic Alphabet A chart of a new phonetic alphabet.
Benjamin Franklin’s Phonetic Alphabet Franklin’s proposal for a new alphabet.
A Practical Approach to Spelling Reform An article by Walter F. Cook, Phoenix, AZ.
Yahoo Directory: Spelling Reform
Google Directory: Spelling Reform
Wikipedia: French Republican Calendar
Calendar Reform Explanations of many proposals.
Yahoo Directory: Calendar Reform
Esperanto—USA The web site for the U.S. group espousing Esperanto.
Esperanto: A Critique By James Chandler
Open Directory Project: Esperanto
Clarity An international association promoting plain legal language.
Law and Justice Foundation: Plain language law bibliography
PlainLanguage.gov: Legal Examples
Management: Raising the Bar on Legal Writing By Lily Whiteman.
Plain Language in Law By Sandeep Dave.
Plain Language Association International: Plain Legal Language Resources
Wikipedia: The Napoleonic Code
1911 Britannica: Code Napoleon
Civil Code or Code Napoleon An essay by Richard Moore.
The Civil Code: An Overview An essay by Tom Holmberg.
History Magazine: The Code Napoleon
History Guide: Selections From the Code Napoleon
Napoleon Series: The Civil Code The complete text.
Differences Between the Civil Code and Common Law
Adherence to Precedent From The Nature of the Judicial Process, lectures delivered at Yale University by Benjamin N. Cardozo, U.S. Supreme Court justice.
Rent-Seeking Through Litigation: Adversarial and Inquisitorial Systems Compared An academic paper comparing the two systems.
Foreword to Edition on the Jury System From 62 Law & Contemporary Problems 1 (Spring 1999).
The American Criminal Jury From 62 Law & Contemporary Problems 41 (Spring 1999).
The Civil Jury in America From 62 Law & Contemporary Problems 285 (Spring 1999).
Juries and Jury Reform in England and Wales From 62 Law & Contemporary Problems 7 (Spring 1999).
The Scottish Criminal Jury From 62 Law & Contemporary Problems 173 (Spring 1999).
Criminal Trial Juries in Australia: From Penal Colonies to a Federal Democracy From 62 Law & Contemporary Problems 69 (Spring 1999).
The New Zealand Jury From 62 Law & Contemporary Problems 103 (Spring 1999).
The Jury System in Contemporary Ireland From 62 Law & Contemporary Problems 203 (Spring 1999).
The Civil Jury in Canada From 62 Law & Contemporary Problems 305 (Spring 1999).
The Canadian Criminal Jury From 62 Law & Contemporary Problems 141 (Spring 1999).
Europe’s New Jury Systems: The Cases of Spain and Russia From 62 Law & Contemporary Problems 233 (Spring 1999).
Reviving the Criminal Jury in Japan From 62 Law & Contemporary Problems 261 (Spring 1999).
