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and provisions of the Roman law, which are Of gen
eral interest and application from the TECHNICAL
ties of the SYSTEM and, by presenting them In
natural and scientific method, to render them more
| Ineligible, and their attainment more useful and
| agreeable; and though the work was particularly
intended for and adapted to the French Jurispru-
dcnce Of the age it is not less applicable to every
a part, or in which it is recognised as a body of
written reason. Besides the general claims which
the work thus possesses to the attention OF the Ame-
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 a republication of
the English translation of it by Dr. Strahan.
FROM HON. JUDGE EUsTIS, CHEF JUSTICE
| OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
| BRooxLINE, Der. IL, 1850.
| translation Of the admirable work Of Domat the
Civil Law, which you have been kind enough TO
send me. You win have rendered a great service
Of the English edition Of the translation was too
| large and mconvenient-and its scarcity and high
price prevented its general use in this country The
present publication from it's FORM its style OF exc
cuton, and moderate price, Think, cannot fail in
| remunerating you. The translation by Mr. Stra-
nan has been tested it is in the main correct, but
will be improved under the revision of the editor,
Judge Cushing.
In searching for a solution of the apparently new
questions arising out of the various relations which
our advance in civilization is creating, and in judg
ing of those reforms of law which are in progress
in different parts of the United Staes the value Of
the civil law will be appreciated it comes to be
understood. 1t cannot be otherwise with system
of written which for centuries governed the
most wonderful social organization that the world
has ever witnessed, and which ia the real basis of
the jurisprudence Of continental Europe. and of a
large portion of that of England and the United
States.
1t 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 tho civil law has been per-
United to occupy in England, few of the standard
works concerning it have been translated into Eng
lish, and this want has not been supplied by the
original English treatises that subject. have
no doubt that in Louisiana, in Texas, in Calfor-
MIA and in the new Territories of the United States,
as 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 it's interest in publishing,
from time to time, in the English language, such
other standard works will form the basis Of a
civil law library.
remain gentlemen very Eo sspsst snyg ESur
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN.
8 FROM ALFRED HENNEN, ESQ, OF THE
NEW ORLEANS BAR
; BosroN, SEPT. 6, 1850.
Messrs LITTLE & BRowN GentlemenZI am
much pleased to learn that you are engaged in
publishing revised edition Of Strahan's transla-
tion of DOMAT ON CIVIL LAW. No work in
the English language, the same subject is to be
compared with it, for the fuilness and correctness
ofthe doctrine conveyed throughout 1t.
FROM 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 deservedly: The compiiers Of the Code Ma Ma
poeon himself studied it most carefully in early
life, which may account for the singular acutenees
and wisdom Of his observations and decisions, dur
ing the discussions on the adoption Of his code
Domat should, and hope will be, found in the Ii
brary of every American lawyer.
Your obedfent servant, ALFRED HENNEN.
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, GALLlSONS REPORTS. Reports of Cases ar
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1916 Second edition, with additional Notes and
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