The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-04-08
BOOKS PUBLISHED AND IN PRESS By
CHARLES G. LITTLE & JAMES BROWN,

or adopted under the Federal Constitution, SO that
the reader may see at a glance the whole law on
any single subject.
JUST PUBLISHED, DOMAT chi. CIVIL LAW
IN IT'S NATURAL ORDER, translated into English
by VIM. Strahan, LID, Advocate in Doctors
Commons. Edited from the second London Ed
tion by Hon. LUTHER s. CUSHING, late one OF
the Judgesin the Court Of Common Pleas; now Lee,
turer on Civiland Parliamentary Law in Harvard
University. In vols. Royal Svo.
Among the writer's on the Roman Law whose
works are best known to English and American
lawyers, and which have exerted the most innu-
epce upon Jurisprudence, is DoMAT, "whose
DER" says Judge Story, preface to Bailments,)
| considering the age and the circumstances In
which it was written, is a truly wonderful per-
formance. His method is excellent, and his mat
ter clear, exact and comprehensive
The object of the author, in this learned produc-
ton, was to disembarrass those Of the principles
and provisions of the Roman law which are OF gen.
eral interest and application, from the techncall-
ties of the system, and, by presenting them in
natural nd scientific method, to render them more
intclli gible and their attainment more useful and
| agreeable; and, though the work was particularly
| intended for and adapted to the French jurspru-
dence of the age, it is not lees applicable to every
system of law, Of which the Roman code is either
| a part, or in which it is recognised as body OF
written reason. Besides the general claims which
he work thus possesses to the attention of the Anne
r.can lawyer, Domat has peculiar in those
of the States whose legal Institutions are derived
in part from those of France or Spain, and are thus
| founded in the Roman law.
These reasons have induced 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.
! BRooxLINE, Der. IL, 1850.
| GENTLEMEN: have examined the sheets of the
translation of the admirable work Of Domat on the
Civil Law, which you have been kind enough to
| will haye prpd nrrpa
| 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 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 law which are in progress
in different parts Of the United States, the value OF
the civil law will be appreciated as 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 witnessed, and which ia the real basis of
the jurisprudence Of continental Europe, and OF q
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
isolated position which the civil law has been per-
mitted to occupy in England, few Of the standard
works concerning it have been translated into Eng
lsh, and this want has not been supplied by the
original English treatises on that subject. have
no doubt that in Louisiana, in Texas in Califor-
MIA and in the Territories of the UI tied States,
"a well as in Lower Canada, there will be a ready
demand Tor your publication. The profession
throughout the Union will readily lend their favor
TO the undertaking; and trust that your enter
prsing house will find its interest in publishing,
| tiVpe tn tim in
other standard works as will form the basis OF a
civil law library.
remain gentlemen very essPss'f E Es0'
Messrs LITTLE & BRowN.
!, FROM ALFRED HENNEN, ESQ.,, OF THE
NEW ORLEANS BAR.
BosToN, SEPT. 6, 1850.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN: Gentlemen-I am
much pleased to learn that you are engaged in
publishing revised edition Of Strahan's transla-
ton of DOMAT ON CIVIL LAW. No work in
the English language, the same subject, is to be
compared with it, for the fullness and correctness
of the doctrine conveyed throughoutit it.
Erom the time of its publication, up to the pre-
sgn, it has received the appreciation of the most
learned men and lawyers in every. country. and
very deservedly. The compiers of the Code Ma
poleon drew copousy 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 HENNEN.
, REPORTS OF CASES argued and determined in
, the Circuit Court Of the United States for the first
. circuit from 1912 to 1851, as follows:
: GALLISON'S REPORTS. Reports of Cases ar
gued and determined in the Circuit Court of the
United States for the first Circuit, from 1912 tc
1915. Second edition, with additional Notes and
Referenccs vols. Svo. Boston, 1885.
, al should omit doing justice to my own feelings
as we'll to the cause of TRUTH if were not to
lect the decisions in Collisions and Mason's Re-
ports specimens of prc-cmnent merit They
may fairly be placed upon a level with the bes
productions of the English Admiralty, for deep and
accurate learning, we'll as for the highest ability
and wisdom in decision. % KEN, 90; (2) 527.
MASON (William P.) REPORTS OF CASES
in the Circuit Court of the United States for the
First Circuit, from 1916 to 1880. 6 vols. svo
. "These Reports comprise the Decisions of Mr.
Justice Story on the First Circuit of the Unitee
States, and follow in order after Mr.. Gallison.
Reports. The Decisions relate to n great variety
, of subjects Constitutional, Admiralty, Personal
and Real Law, and Chancery, and are character
iczd by the profound learning, acuteness, ane
thoroughness of research, which are such cminen
traits OF their author. They will bear favorabl,
comparison, in point of learning and practca
utility, with the best volumes of the English Re
ports"
SUMMERS REPORTS. Sumner CHARLES.
Reports of Cases argued and determined in tn,
Circuit Court of the United States for the First Cir
cult vols Svo.
Il 'sThesc volumes contain the decisions Of Mr.
Justice Story, and form a continuation to the sc
ries of GaIlison and Mason. The decisions in tn
present volumes relate particularly to questions o
Equity and Admiralty, and are of great practica
i value"
sTORY,s REPORTS. Story civilian w
: Reports of Cares argued and determined in tn
Circuit Court of the United States for the First Cir
l. cult 3 vols. Svo.
"These volumes form continuation to the Sc
/ les of Gallison, Mason, and Sumner. They con
tain the last opinion ever pronounced by Mr.. Jus
" tice Story, who died while the last opinion in tn
third volume was yet undclivercd."
WOODBURY. (Chas. L. and MINOT George
Reports Of Cases argued and determined in tn
Circuit Court of the United States for the First Cir
cult. Vos. /. and H.
"These volumes contain the Decisions OF Hon
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