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ofthe publishers that modern edition Of this cee
brated work would be acceptable TO the profession
the English TRANSLATION Of it by DIR. Strahan.
FROM HON. JUDGE EUsTIs, CHIEF JUSTICE
OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
BRooxLINE, Der. IL, 1850.
GENrLEMEN: / 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 win 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 its form, its style OF exc
cution and moderate price, Think, cannot fail in
remunerating you. The translation by MIR. Stra
han has been tcsted il 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 ID creating and In Judg-
ing of those reforms of the law which are in progress
in different parts of the United States, the value OF
the civil law will be appreciated it comes to be
understood II cannot be otherwise with system
of written reasons 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.
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-
mitted 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 on that subject have
no doubt that in Louisiana, in Texas, in Cafor-
MA and in the Territories Of the United States
ns well as in Lower Canada, there will be ready
demand FOR your publication. The profession
throughout tho Union will readily lend their favor
to 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 as will form the basis OF a
civil law library.
Ts%a is,va gentlemen vesy 51spss EE
Mcssrs. LITTLE & BRowN
FROM ALFRED HENNEN, ESQ.,, OF THE
NEW ORLEANS BAR.
BosToN, SEPT. 6, 1850
Messrs. LITTLE & Baows: Gentlcmen-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, on the same subject is to be
compared with it. for the fullness and correctness
of the doctrine conveyed throughout it.
Erom 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 dcservcdly. The compilers of the Code Ma
poleon drew copiously from 1t for their work. Ma
polcon himself studied it most carefully In early
fife, which may account for the singular acuteness
and wisdom of his observations and decisions, dur
ing the discussions on the adoption Of his code
DOnat should, and nope Will DC, lOuuQ IN tuc IL
brary Of every American lawyer.
Your obcdient servant, ALFRED HENNEN.
REPORTS OF CASES argued and determined in
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United States, for the first Circuit, from 1912 to
1915. Second edition, with additional Notes and
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