Palmer, Vernon V.

The Louisiana civilian experience critiques of codification in a mixed jurisdiction by Vernon Valentine Palmer. - Durham, N.C. Carolina Academic Press c2005. - xi, 284 p. ill. 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Setting the scene : Louisiana 1803-1812 -- Understanding Moreau Lislet -- The French connection and the Spanish perception -- The authors and origins of the Code Noir -- The death of a code : the birth of a digest -- Celebrating the Quebec codification achievement -- The collapse of the general clause -- The many guises of equity in a mixed jurisdiction.

1594600600 9781594600609

2004014475


Civil Law--History.--Louisiana
Law--Codification.--Louisiana

KFL 80 / .P35 2005

349.763