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Portalis And Pound: A Debate On “Codification”, Alain A. Levasseur
Portalis And Pound: A Debate On “Codification”, Alain A. Levasseur
Louisiana Law Review
The article explores the views of jurist Jean-Etienne-Marie Portalis and legal scholar Roscoe Pound regarding the codification of law, and shows that Pound had accurately understood and appreciated the originality, inner wisdom, and drafting technique of the process of codification.