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dence OF the age 1t is not less applicable to every
system of law, Of which the Roman code is either
part, or in which il is recognised body Of
written reason. Besides the general claims which
he work thus to the attention Of the Ame
rscan lawyer Domat has peculiar interest in those
of the States whose legal institutions are derived
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 republication OF
the English translation Of it by DR.. Strahnn.
FROM HON JUDGE EUSTIS, CHEF JUSTICE
OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
BRooKLINE, OcT IL, 1850.
GENTLEMEN: have examined tho 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 inconvenent-and its scarcity and high
price prevented its general in this country. The
present publication from it's form, its style of
Cution, and moderate price, Think, cannot fail in
remuneratng 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 solution of the apparently new
questions arising out of the various relations which
advance in civilization is creating, and in udg
ing those reforms of law which in progress
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 q system
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.
II 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-
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 Califor-
mia, and in the Territories Of the tied States
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 its 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 respectfully. your
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 engaged in
publishing revised edition Of Strahans transla-
tion Of DOMAT ON CIVIL LAW No work in
the English language, on the same subject, ia to be
compared with It, for the fulness and correctness
Of the doctrine conveyed throughout it.
learned men and lawyers in every country, and
very deservedly: The compilers Of the Code Ma
poleon drew copously from 1t for their work. Ma
poleon himself studied it most carefully in early
life, which may account for the singular acueness
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 H.
brary of every American lawyer.
Your obedient servant, ALFRED HENNEN.
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