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ter clear, exact and comprehensive"
The object of the author, in this learned produc-
ton, was to disembarrass those OF tho principles
and provisions of the Roman law, which are of gen
eral interest and application from the technical
ties of the system, and, by presenting them in
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 is either
a part, or in which il ia recognised q body of
written reason. Besides the general claims which
the work thus to the attention Of the Anne
rcan lawyer, Domat 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 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 DIR. Strahan.
FROM HON; JUDGE EUsTIs. CHIEF JUSTICE
OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
BaooxLINE, Der. IL, 1850.
GENrLEMEN: 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 will have rendered a great service
to the science of law by the publication. The form
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 it's form, its style of exc
cution 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 a 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 of the law which in progress
i'll 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 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 a
large portion of that of England and the United
States.
1t 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 il have been translated into Eng
fish, and this want has not been supplied by the
original En- gsh treatises on that subject. have
no doubt that in Louisiana, in Texas, in Califor-
MIA and in the new Territories Of the ULted States,
well as in Lower Canada, there will be ready
demand for your publication. The profession
throughout tho Union will readily lend their favor
to the undertaking; and trust that your enter
prising house will find it's interest in publishing,
from time to time, in the English language, such
other standard works will form the basis OF q
civil law library.
remain, gentlemen, very respectfully, your
obedient servant, GEORGE EUSTIS.
Messrs. LITTLE & Brown.
FROM ALFRED HENNEN, ESQ, OF THE
NEW ORLEANS BAR.
BosToN, SEPT. 6, 1850.
Msssrs 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, the same subject, is to be
compared with it, for the fulness and correctness
If the doctrine conveyed throughout it.
Erom the time of its publication. up to the pre-
sent, it has received the appreciation of the most
laor and tInfr 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 acueness
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.
| 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
1915. Second edition, with additional Notes and
References, 2 vols. Svo Boston, 1885.
81 should omit doing justice to my own feelings,
we'll to the cause of truth, if Iwere not to
lect the decisions in Collisions and Mason's Re-
ports specimens of pre- eminent merit. They
may fairly be placed upon level with the best
productions Of the English Admiralty, for deep and
accurate learning, as we'll as for the highest ability
and wisdom in decision. ID Kent, 90; (2) 527.
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Justice Story on the First Circuit of the United
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Reports. The Decisions relate to great variety
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and Real Law, and Chancery, and are character
iezd by the profound learning, acuteness, and
thoroughness of research, which are such eminent
traits Of their author. They will bear favorable
comparison, in point of learning and practical
utility, with the best volumes Of the English Re-
ports"
SUMMERS REPORTS. Sumner (Charles.)
Circuit Court of the United States for the First Cir
cult. ) vols. Svo.
"These volumes contain tho decisions of Mr.
Justice Story, and form continuation to the
ries Of Gallison and Mason. The decisions in the
present volumes relate particularly to questions of
Equity and Admiralty, and are of great practical
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"These volumes form continuation to tho Sc
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| WOODBURY. (Chas. l.. } and MlNOT (Gcorge.)
Reports Of Cases argued and determined in the
Circuit Court of the United States for the First Cir
| cult VIOLA. !. and H.
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| as Assistant Justice for the First District"
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| 70 our Law.
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