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Vendor’S Privilege: Adheret Visceribus Rei, L. David Cromwell May 2015

Vendor’S Privilege: Adheret Visceribus Rei, L. David Cromwell

Louisiana Law Review

The article offers information on the vendor's privilege on the mortgage debt as stated by the Louisiana Supreme Court. Topics discussed include failure of timely transcription of the mortgage do not affect the vendor's privilege, effectiveness for failure of timely reinscription, and formulation of vendor's privilege law traces back to Code Napoléon.


Sharp Curves Ahead: Analyzing Dedications To Public Use In Louisiana After Webb V. Franks Investment Co., Ben Jumonville May 2015

Sharp Curves Ahead: Analyzing Dedications To Public Use In Louisiana After Webb V. Franks Investment Co., Ben Jumonville

Louisiana Law Review

The article offers information on the history, purpose and significance application of the dedication law by Louisiana courts in transfer ownership case of Webb v. Franks Investment Co. It discusses the judicial decision of the Louisiana Supreme Court in the case of St. Charles Parish School Board v. P & L Investment Corp. applied the presumption for formal dedications transfer ownership of land to the public use.


The Illusion Of Equality: The Failure Of The Community Property Reform To Achieve Management Equality, Elizabeth Carter Jan 2015

The Illusion Of Equality: The Failure Of The Community Property Reform To Achieve Management Equality, Elizabeth Carter

Journal Articles

The article focuses on the equal management laws in the community property reform for the well-being and future prosperity of the family. Topics discussed include separate property regime and the community property regime in the U.S., examines the history of the reform era and argues that equality was not the primary goal of the legal reform and examines how spouses actually managed their money in the pre-1970s era.