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.