e eyes of the law
2. No recognition of privileges of birth (i.e. noble rights inherited from ancestors.)
4. Separation of the church and the state
5. Freedom to work in an occupation of one's choice
o Placing emphasis on the husband and father as the head of the family
o Restricting grounds for divorce to three reasons: adultery, conviction of a serious crime, and grave insults, excesses or cruelty; however divorce could be granted by mutual agreement, as long as the grounds were kept private.
o Defining who could inherit the family property
These Codes accomplished preserving the social aims of the rev
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