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these reasons have induced belief on the part
Of the publishers that modern edition of this celc
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.
BRooxLNE, Ocr. 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
send me. You will have rendered great service
to the science of law by the publication. The form
of the English edition of the translation was too
large and inconvenient-and its scarcity and high
price prevented its general use in this country The
present publication from ts form, its style of
cution, and moderate price, Think, cannot fail in
remunerating you. The translation by MIR. 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 a solution of the apparently new
questions arising out of the various relations which
our advancein civilization ID creating, and IN judg-
ing of those reforms law which are in progress
in different parts of the United States, thevalue 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 is the real basis of
the jurisprudence of continental Europe. and Of a
large portion of that of England and the United
States.
It would be quito useless for me TO speak of the
merits of the great work which your enterprise il
about to give to the American public. From the
isolated position which the civil law has been per-
mitted TO occupy in England, few Of the standard
works concerning II have been translated into Eng
lish, 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-
MA and in the new Territories Of the United States
as well as in Lower Canada, there will be ready
demand for your publication. The profession
throughout the Union will readily lend their favor
TO the undertaking; and trust that your enter
prsing house will find ite interest in publishing,
from time TO time, in the English language, such
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remain, gentlemen, very respectfully. your
obedient servant, GEORGE EUSTlS.
Mesers. LITTLE BRowN.
FROM ALFRED HENNEN, ESQ.,, OF THE
NEW ORLEANS BAR.
BosroN, SEPT. s, 1850.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN Gentlemen-I am
much pleased to learn that you are engaged in
ton of DOMAT ON CIVIL LAW. No work in
the English language on the same subject, is to be
compared with It, for the fulness and correctness
Of the doctrine conveyed throughout it.
Trom 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
poleon drew copiously from Il 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
Domat should, and hope will be, found in the IL
brary of every American lawyer.
Your obedient servant, ALFRED HENNEN.
REPORTS OF CASES argued and determined in
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circuit from 1912 to 1851, as follows:
GALLlSON'S REPORTS. Reports of Cases ar
pued and determined in the Circuit Court Of the
United States, for the first Circuit, from 1912 to
1915. Second edition, with additional Notes and
References. vols. 8vo. Boston, 1885.
as well as to the causc Il truth If wore not to &C.
lect the decisions in Collisions and Mason's Re-
ports specimens of pre- eminent merit. They
may fairly be placed upon a level with the best
productions oftb English Admiralty, for deep and
accurate learning, as well as for the highest ability
and wisdom in decison."-3 Kent, 20; (2) SGT.
MASON (Wilam P.) REPORTS OF CASES
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"These Reports comprise the Decisions of Mr.
Justice Story the First Circuit Of the United
States, and follow in order after Mr.. Collisions
Reports. The Decisions relate to great variety
of subjccts-Constitutional, Admiralty, Personal,
and Real Law, and Chanccry, and are character
iezd by the profound learning, acutcncss, and
thoroughness of research, which are such eminent
traits Of their author They will bear a favorable
comparison, in point of learning and practical
utility, with the best volumes of the English Re-
ports"
SUMMERS REPORTS. Summer (Charles.)
Reports Of Cases argued and determined in the
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cult. vols. Svo.
'sThese volumes contain the decisions of MIR.
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ries of Gallson and Mason. The decisions in the
present voumes rcnte particularly to questions of
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ssThese volumes form a continuation to the &C.
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tce Story, who died while the last opinion in the
third volume was yet undelivercd.'
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Levi Woodbury., appointed TO succeed Mr.. Story
as Assistant Justice for the First District"
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