Jefferson's Louisiana
Subtitle: politics and the clash of legal traditions
By: by George Dargo.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Lawbook Exchange
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Clark, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781616190200; 9781616190217
Subjects: Law -- Louisiana -- History; Louisiana -- Politics and government -- 1803-1865
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Lower Louisiana : land, people, law : the problems of colonial rule; title: William C.C. Claiborne and the politics of territorial government; title: Burr's conspiracy and the Orleans Territory; title: Edward Livingston and the New Orleans batture : the clash of legal traditions; title: Common law vs. civil law : first phase; title: Common law vs. civil law : second phase; title: The Louisiana civil law digest.