Early Louisiana Laws and Commentaries

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Civil Code of Louisiana
Civil Code of Louisiana
Civil law--Louisiana
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Compiled by Edward Livingston, Louis Moreau Lislet, and Pierre Derbigny. English and French on opposite pages.
Francis T. Nicholls: an address
Francis T. Nicholls: an address
Governors--Louisiana--Biography.
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Louisiana--Politics and government--1865-1950.
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An address honoring attorney, politician, judge, and member of the Confederate States Army during the Civil War, Francis T. Nicholls. Delivered by Joseph A. Breaux, president of the board of curators of the Louisiana State Museum, upon the presentation to the museum of certain mementos of Francis T. Nicholls.
History of the laws of Louisiana and of the civil law
History of the laws of Louisiana and of the civil law
Law--Louisiana--History.
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Louisiana--Laws, statutes, etc.
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An introductory lecture by Hon. Thomas J. Semmes, reprinted here after first being published in 1873.
Martin's reports of cases argued and determined in the Superior Court of the territory of Orleans and in the Supreme Court of the state of Louisiana, v.1-12, O.S. (Old Series) and v.1-8, N.S. (New Series)
Martin's reports of cases argued and determined in the Superior Court of the territory of Orleans and in the Supreme Court of the state of Louisiana, v.1-12, O.S. (Old Series) and v.1-8, N.S. (New Series)
Law reports, digests, etc.--Territory of Orleans
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Law reports, digests, etc.--Louisiana.
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Martin's reports of cases argued and determined in the Superior Court of the territory of Orleans [1809-1812] and in the Supreme Court of the state of Louisiana [1813-1830].
Official report of debates in the Louisiana convention. [Aug. 5th, 1844-Aug. 24th, 1844.
Official report of debates in the Louisiana convention. [Aug. 5th, 1844-Aug. 24th, 1844.
Louisiana. Constitution.
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Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana, v.1-19
Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana, v.1-19
Law reports, digests, etc.--Louisiana
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Covers cases decided from Mar. 1830 to Oct. 1841.
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase.
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United States--Territories and possessions.
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An address about the Louisiana Purchase delivered before the Illinois State Bar Association by Edwin T. Merrick of the New Orleans Bar on May 25, 1904, shortly after the centenary of the Louisiana Purchase.
The sources of the civil code of Louisiana: address delivered at the annual meeting of the Louisiana Bar Association
The sources of the civil code of Louisiana: address delivered at the annual meeting of the Louisiana Bar Association
Civil law--Louisiana.
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Civil law--Codification--History--Sources.
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An address by Henry Plauché Dart, reprinted here from the Louisiana Bar Association Report of 1911.
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