Codes

In „Codes …“ Woute confronts the history of the Western tradition of Human Rights with a historical monstrosity. “La déclaration des droits de l’homme et du citoyen“ form 1789 has become one of the founding codices of Human Rights politics. But it stands, so Woute suggests, back to back with the “Code Noire” of Lois XIV from 1685, regulating the legal status of blacks, i. e. the justification of slavery. Officially abandoned in 1794 it was upheld until 1848. More.