Codification, transplants and history
Subtitle: law reform in Louisiana (1808) and Quebec (1866)
By: John W. Cairns
Publisher: Talbot Publishing, an imprint of The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Clark, New Jersey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 559
ISBN-13: 9781616195090
Subjects: Civil law; Law reform; History
Notes: Based on author's dissertation (doctoral - University of Edinburgh, 1980), issued under title: The 1808 Digest of Orleans and 1866 Civil Code of Lower Canada : an historical study of legal change --Preface.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-543) and index.
Table of contents: title: The reasons for such a study, its method and subjects; title: Introduction to Louisiana and Quebec; title: The legal background to codification in Louisiana and Quebec; title: Family law in the Louisiana digest and Quebec code; title: Employment in the Louisiana digest and Quebec code; title: The 1808 Digest of Orleans; title: The Civil Code of Lower Canada; title: Conclusion : codification, lawmaking and legal change.