The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-03-25

aooxs PuBLIsHED AND IN PREss BY
CHARLES Q. LITTLE & JAMES BROWN,
BOSTON. riaeii
TINTED STATES STATUTES AT LARGE.
II VOLUMEIX Will be published on the lst OF
April, next. '.The Statutes at Large and Treaties
Comprising all the legislation Of the Congress of
the United States from 1916 to 1851 inclusive;
royal vo., about 100 pages. Price $3.50, in
This volume is Continuation of the Statutes at
Large in vols, published by authority OF Con-
gress in 1856.
"A COMPLETE sYNOPTICAL INDEX TO THE
UNITED STATES STATUTES AT LARGE, in
GLIDING those Of the 3ist Congress- prepared under
an order of the Senate, and to be published agreea
bly, to a resolve Of that honorable body. Royal 6vo
This Index will refer, under copious titles, to
each law, and every joint and Senate and houss
or adopted under the Federal Constitution, that
the reader may see at glance the whole law on
any single subject. 4s
JUST PUBLISHED, DOMAT IN. } CIVIL
INITS NATURAL ORDER, translated into Englsh
| by VIM. Strahan, L. D., Advocate in Doctors
Commons. Edited, from the second London Edi
| ton, by Hon. LUTHER s. CUSHING, late one OF
| the Judgesin the Court Of Common Pleas now Lee,
| turer on Civil and Parliamentary Law in Harvard
University In vols. Royal Syo.
Among the writers ON the Roman Law whose
works are best known to English and American
/
| ence upon Jurisprudence, IL DoMAr, 'whose
work, entitled The Cipii Lao in its Natural Or
DER" says Judge Story, preface to Bailments,)
| considering the age and the circumstances IN
| which it was written, is truly wonderful per-
| formance. His method is excellent, and bis mat
| ter clear, exact, and comprehensive"
The object of the author, in this learned produce
ton, was to disembarrass those OF the principles
and provisions of the Roman law, which are OF gen
eral Interest and application, from the technicai-
ties of the system and, BY presenting them in q
Ineligible, and their attainment more useful and
agreeable; and, though the work was particularly
intended for and adapted to the French jurispru-
dcnce of the age, is not loss applicable to every
system of law, Of which the Roman code ia either
a part, in which it is recognised as body OF
written reason Besides the general claims which
rcan lawyer Domat has peculiar interest in those
of the States whose legal institutions derived
in part from those of France or Spnin and are thus
| founded in the Roman law. bf
These reasons have induced O 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
send me. You viii have rendered great service
|
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 exc
cution and moderate price, Think, cannot fail in
! rcmunerating you. The translation by MIR. Stra-
has been tested; it is in the main correct bot
will be improved under the revision Of the editor,
In searching for q solution Of the apparently new
questions arising out Of the various relations which
our advance in civilization is creating, and in judg-
o1oay Inn
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 10 the real basis of
the Jurisprudence of continental Europe, and of a
large portion Of that Of England and the United
6tates.
It 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 il have been translated into Eng
lish,. and this want has not been supplied By the
no doubt that in Louisiana, in Texas, in Califor-
MIA and in the Territories Of the United 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
TO the undertaking; and trust that your enter
prising house will find its interest in publishing
1 from time to time, in the English language, such
other standard works as will form the basis Of a
civil law library.
5saa GEORGE 5ssgss sugr
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN.
FROM ALFRED HENNEN, ESQ, OF THE
Il NEW ORLEANS BAR.
Il % Bosros, SEPT. s, 1850.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN: Gcntlemen-I am
much pleased TO learn that you are engaged in
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
ofths doetrineconyeyed Throughout it.
cent, 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 himself studied 1t 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 H.
brary Of every American lawyer.
Your obedicnt 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 to
1875 Second edition, with additional Notes and
References. 2 vols. Svo. Boston, 1885.
81 should omit doing justice to my own feelings,
as well as to the cause Of truth il were not to Sc
lect the decisions in Gallson's and Mason's Re-
ports specimens Of pre-eminent merit. They
| may fairly be placed upon level with the best
productions the English Admiralty, for deep and
accurate learning, well as for tho highest ability
and wisdom in decision" -s Kent. 20; ~ 527.
MASON William P.) REPORTS OF CASES
in the Circuit Court of the United States for the
First Circuit, from 1916 TO 1890 vols. 8vo.
'These Reports comprise the Decisions of Mr.
Justice Story on the First Circuit of the United
States, and follow in order after Mr.. Collisions
Reports. The Decisions relate TO a great variety
of subjects--C CONSTITUTIONAL Admiralty, Personal,