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Ineligible, and their attainment more useful and
agreeable; and, though the work particularly
intended for and adapted to the French jurispru-
dence of the age, il is not less applicable to every
system of law Of which the Roman code is either
part, or in which 1t is recognised as body of
written reason Besides the general claims which
the work thus possesses to the attention of the Anne
r!can lawyer Domat has peculiar interest in those
of the States, whose legal institutions derived
in part from those of France Spain, and thus
founded in the Roman law.
These reasons have induced a belief on the part
OF the publishers that modern edition OF this cele
brated work would be acceptable to the profession,
and have led them to engage in republication OF
the English translation of it by DR.. Strahan.
FROM HON. JUDGE EUsTIs, CHIEF JUSTICE
OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
BRooKLINE, Der. IL, 1850
GESTLEMEN: have examined the sheets of the
translation Of the admirable work of Domat on the
Civil Law, which you have been kind enough to
send me. You will have rendered a great service
to the science of law by the publication. The form
of the English edition of the translation was too
large and inconvenent-and its scarcity and high
price prevented its general use in this country The
present publication, from it's form, its style of
cution, and moderate price, think, cannot fail in
remunerating you. The translation by Mr.. Stra-
han has been tested it is in the main correct, but
will be improved under the revision Of the editor
Judge Cushing.
In searching for solution of the apparently new
questions arising out of the various relations which
advance in civilization Is creating, and in judg
ing of those reforms Of the law which in progress
in different parts of the United States the value of
the civil law will be appreciated it to be
understood 1t cannot be otherwise with system
of written which for centuries governed the
most wonderful social organization that the world
has witnessed, and which is the real basis of
the Jurisprudence of continental Europe. and of a
large portion of that of England and the United
States.
Ii would be quite useless for me to speak of the
merits of the great work which your enterprise is
about to give to the American public. From the
isolated position which the civil law has been per-
united occupy in England few of the standard
works concerning 1t have been translated into Eng
lish, and this want has not been supplied by the
original English treatises on that subject have
doubt that in Louisiana, in Texas, in Cafor-
MA and in the Territories of the tied States
well as in Lower Canada, there will be a ready
demand for your publication The profession
throughout the Union will readily lend their favor
to the undertaking.; and trust that your enter
prising house will find its interest in publishing,
from time to time, in the English Ian uage, such
other standard works will form the basis OF a
| remain, gentlemen, very respectfully, your
obedlent servant, GEORGE EUSTiS.
Nlessrs. LITTLE BRowN.
FROM ALFRED HENNEN, ESQ, OF THE
NEW ORLEANS BAR.
BosTos, SEPT. g. 1850.
Nessrs. LITTLE & BRowS Gentlemen--I am
much pleased to learn that you engaged in !
publishing revised edition of Strahan's transa- |
ton of DOMAT ON CIVIL LAW. No work in
the English language, on the same subject, is to be
compared with it, for the fullness and correctness
the doctrine conveyed throughout it.
EroTn the time of its publication, up to the pre-
sent, it has received the appreciation of the most
learned men and lawyers in every country, and
very deservedy. The compers of the Code Ma
poleon drew copiously from it for their work. Ma
poleon himself studied it most carefully in early
life which may account for the singular acuteness
and wisdom OF his observations and decisions, dur
ing the discussions the adoption Of his code
Domat should, and hope will be, found in the Ii |
brary of every American lawyer.
Your obedient servant ALFRED IiENNEN.
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