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Ineligible, and their attainment moro useful and
agreeable; and. though the work was particularly
dence of the age it IL not less applicable to every
system of law, If which the Roman code IL either
a part, or in which II is recognised as body Of
written renson. Besides the general claims which
The work thus possesses to the attention Of the Ame
r.can lawyer, bomat has peculiar interest in those
of the States, whose legal Institutions derived
in part from those of France Spain, and thus
founded in the Roman law.
These reasons have induced belief on the part
of the publishers that modern edition of this celc
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.
BRooxLINs, Oor. IL, 1850.
GENrLExEN: 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 a great service
to the science of law by the publication. The form
of tho 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
cution, and moderate price, Think, cannot fail in
remunerating 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 judg
ing of those reforms law which in progress
in different parts of the United States hevaiue Of
the civil law will be appreciated as 1t comes 70 be
Of written reasons which for centuries governed the
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
6tates.
1t would be quite useless for me to speak of the
merits of the great work which your enterprise il
about to give to the American public. From the
isolated position which the civil law has been per-
| mittcd to occupy in England, few of the standard
works concerning it 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 Califor-
MIA and in the Territories Of the United States,
as well as in Lower Canada. there will be ready
throughout the Union will readily lend their favor
70 the undertaking; and trust that your enter
prising house will find its interest in publishing,
from time to time, in the English language, such
| ether standard works will form the basis Of q
| civil law library.
remain gentlemen very ssgssti Hygrs
Messrs. LITTLE x BRowH.
FROM ALFRED HENNEN, ESQ.,, OF THE
NEW ORLEANS BAR.
| Bosros, SEPT. 6, 1850.
| Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN: Gentlemen-I am
| much pleased to learn that you are engaged in
publishing revised edition Of strahan,s transla-
compared with Il, ior the fullness and correctness
ofthe doctrine conveyed throughout it.
Erom the time Of its publication, up to the pre-
ssnt, 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 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 the adoption of his code.
Domat should and hope will be, found in the IL
brarv Of every American LAWYER,
Your obedient servant ALFRED HENNEN.
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