Haiti gained independence

What is the Haitian Civil Code of 1825? In 1825, Haiti, which was then governed by President Jean-Pierre Boyer, enacted its own Civil Code (Code civil d’Haïti). It served as the nation's rulebook for private life and was heavily influenced by France's well-known Napoleonic Civil Code of 1804. For a nation that had just gained independence, this was a major step toward establishing a well-defined,...