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The object of the author, in this learned produc- |
tion was to disembarrass those of the principles I
and provisions of the Roman law, which are Of gen.
era interest and application, from the TECHNICAL
ties of the system, and, by presenting them in a
natural and scientific method, to render them more
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 it is not less applicable to every
system of law, IF which the Roman code 10 either
a part, or in which it is recognised as body OF
written reason Besides the general claims which |
the work thus possesses to the attention of the Anne
r.can lawyer, Domat has In those
of the States, whose legal institutions are derived
in part from those Of France or Spaln ana 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 a republication Of
the English TRANSLATION of it by DR.. Strahan.
FROM HON. JUDGE EUsTIs, CHIEF JUSTICE
OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
BRooKLISE, Ocr IL, 1850.
GKNrLKxEs: have examined the sheets of the
translation Of the admirable work of Domat on the
Civil Law, which you have been kind enough to
10 the science of law by the publication. The form
oI 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
cutiup, and moderate price, Think, cannot fail in
remunerating you The translation BY MIR. Stra-
been tested; IL In Lne main COfrcCt, Out
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
our advance in civilization is creating, and in judg-
ing of those reforms ofthe law which in progress
in different parts Of the United States the value of
the civil law will be appreciated as 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 ia the real basis of
the jurisprudence OF continental Europe, and OF q
large portion of that of England and the United
States. .,HtD4 Lt
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-
mtted to occupy in England, few of the standard
works concerning it have been translated into Eng
iish, and this want has not been supplied by the
original En- glish treatises that subject have
doubt that in Louisiana, in Texas, in Califor-
na and in the Territories of the ULted States,
well as in Lower Canada, there will be 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
civil law library.
od isan gentlemen very o6sRsGsss Eyg
Messrs. LITTLE < BRowN.
FROM ALFRED HENNEN, ESQ, OF THE
NEW ORLEANS BAR.
Bosros, SEPT. 6, 1850.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN: Gcntlemen-I am
much pleased to learn that you engaged in
publishing a revised edition Of Strahan's transla- |
the English language, the same subject, ia to be
compared with it, for the fulness and correctness
OF the doctrine conveyed throughout it.
Nrom 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 deservedly: The compilers Of the Code Ma
poeon 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 Ii
brary of every American lawyer.
Your obedient servant, ALFRED HENNEN. |
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