The (2012) 5 JOURNAL OF CIVIL LAW STUDIES (JCLS), a publication
of the CENTER FOR CIVIL LAW STUDIES (CCLS)
of the Paul M Hebert Law Center of Louisiana State University, has been
published and can be downloaded HERE.
And, in addition
to a short note by me, it contains a ‘Rediscovered Treasure’, ie Thomas J
Semmes’ History of
the Laws of Louisiana and of the Civil Law. As Professor Olivier
Moréteau, the JCLS editor, notes:
Whether
familiar or not with Louisiana law, readers will also enjoy a Rediscovered Treasure of Louisiana Law, a
late-19th century essay by Thomas Semmes surveying the history of
the laws of Louisiana and offering a short and accurate overview of the
development of Roman law, proving if need be that the Louisiana legal system,
though technically 200- or 300-year old, has roots ten times older. As
expressed by the well-known Southern author, William Faulkner, “The past is
never dead. It’s not even past.”
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