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ter clear, exact, and comprehensive"
The object of the author in this learned produc-
tion was 10 disembarrass those Of the principles
and provisions OF the Roman law, which are of gen.
eral interest and application, from the technical
ties Of the system and p them in
Ineligible, 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 il 10 not lesa applicable to every
system of law, IF which the Roman code is either
a part, or in which it is recognised AZ q body of
written reason. Besides the general claims which
The work thus possesses to the attention OF the Anne
r.can lawyer, bomat has peculiar Interest," in those
of the States, whose legal institutions are derived
in part from those of France Spain, and thus
founded in the Roman law.
These reasons have induced a 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.
BRooxLINE, Der. IL, 1850.
translation Of the admirable work Of D0mat 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
large and inconvenient-and its scarcity and high
price prevented it's general use in this country The
present publication, from its FORM its style Of exc
cuton, and moderate price, Think, cannot fail in
remunerating you. The translation by Mr.. 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 reations which
advance in civilization is creating, and in judg
ing Of those reforms the law which in progress
in different parts of the United States, thevalue Of
tho civil law will be appreciated it comes to be
understood 1t cannot bo otherwise with \ system
of written which for centuries governed the
most wonderful social organization that the world
has wi IN and which Ia the real haaia of
the Jurisprudence Of continental Europe, and of q
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 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 il have been translated into Eng
lsh, and this want has not been supplied by the
original English treatises on that subject. have
no doubt that In louisiana, in Texas, in Caliior-
MIA and in the Territories of the United States,
as we'll 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 as will form the basis Of a
! remain. gentlemen, very respectfully: your
obedient servant, GEORGE EUSTIS.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN.
FROM ALFRED HENNEN, esq, OF THE
NEW ORLEANS BAR.
| BosToS, SEPT. 6, 1850.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN: Gentlemen---I am
much pleased to learn that you are engaged in
publishing a revised edition Of Strahan's transla-
ton of DOMAT ON CIVIL LAW. No work in
the English language, ON the same subject, il 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
lIxv he nil IF <kcC al NJ.
poleon drew copiously 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 IL
brary Of every American lawyer.
Your obedient servant ALFRED HENNEN.
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gued 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.
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well to the Of truth, if Iwere 20 Sc
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J Reports The Decisions relate to great variety
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