Louisiana was the first jurisdiction in the Western Hemisphere to enact a civil code and was also the first mixed jurisdiction to codify her civil law. Her past is an unbroken line of codes stretching back nearly 200 years. It is a history closely entwined and virtually concurrent with that of the Code Napoleon, which celebrated its bicentennial in 2004. These essays deal with the perennial and persistent questions about the Louisiana civilian experience...
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