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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
,ntelligible and their attainment more useful and
agreeable; and, though Che work was particularly
intended for and adapted to the French jurispru-
dence of the age, it is not less applicable to every
system of law, IF which the Roman code is either
a part, or in which it is recognised as q body of
written reason. Besides the general claims which
the work thus to the attention OF the Anne
rcan lawyer, Domat has interest In those
in part from those of France 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 q republication Of
the English translation Of it by DR.. strahan.
FROM HON JUDGE EUsTIs, CHEF JUSTICE
OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
BRooKLINE, Der. IL, 1850.
GrNrLxMES: l 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 viii have rendered great service
TO the science Of Law by the publication. The form
ot the English edition Of the translation was too
large and inconvenient-and its scarcity and high
price prevented its general lin this country The
present publication, from its form, its style Of exc
cutiou and moderate price, Think, cannot fail in
remunerating you. The translation by Mr.. Stra-
hai, has been tested; II is in the main correct. but
In searching for solution of the apparently new
questions arising out of the various relations which
advance in civilization Is creating and In Judg
in different parts of the United States, the value Of
the civil law will be appreciated as 1T comes TO be
understood. 1t cannot be otherwise with system
of written reasons which for centuries governed the
most wonderful social organization that the world
has ever 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. tfH8 tA bt
Il 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,
works concerning ithave been translated into Eng
Iish, and this want has not been supplied by the
original English treatses on that subject. II have
no doubt that in Louisiana, in Texas, in Califor-
MIA and in the new Territories Of the ULited States
as well as in Lower Canada, there will be ready
demand Tor your publication. The profession
throughout the Union will readily lend their favor
10 the undertaking; and ! trust that your enter
prsing house will find its interest in publishing,
from time TO time, in the English language, such
other standard works az will form the basis of a
civil law library.
l remain, gentlemen, very respectfully, your
ebedient servant, GkORGE EUSIlS
Messrs. LITTLE & BROwN.
FROM ALFRED HENNEN, ESQ, OF THE
NEW ORLEANS BAR.
BosroS, SEPT. s, 1850.
Nsssrs. LITTLE & BRows: 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 subject, is to be
compared with it, for the fulness and correctness
ofthe doctrine conveyed throughout ir2! it.
sent, it has received the appreciation of the most
learned men and lawyers in every country, and
very deservedly. The compilers of the Code Ma
poleon drew copiousy 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 on the adoption Of his code
Domat should and hope will be, found in the Ii
brary of every American lawyer. tut
Your obedient servant, ALFRED HENNEN.
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