William Burge gives a full account of the French laws between Napoleon and 1838 in his Commentaries on Colonial and Foreign Laws: generally, and in their conflict with each other, and with the law of England, Volume 2, 1838, London: Saunders and Benning, 1838, online from google
Butler, Ronnie, Balzac and the French Revolution, pp. 113-120, 1983, Taylor & Francis, ISBN0389204064, 9780389204060, google books
