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Semantics And Legal Interpretation: A Comparative Study Of The Value Of Embryonic Life Under Argentine And U.S. Constitutional Law, María Del Pilar Zambrano, Estela B. Sacristán Aug 2013

Semantics And Legal Interpretation: A Comparative Study Of The Value Of Embryonic Life Under Argentine And U.S. Constitutional Law, María Del Pilar Zambrano, Estela B. Sacristán

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Filling The Gaps: The Value Of The Common Law Approach To Gross Negligence And Punitive Damages, Justin Ward Aug 2013

Filling The Gaps: The Value Of The Common Law Approach To Gross Negligence And Punitive Damages, Justin Ward

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Delaney V. Mccoy, Claire Murray Aug 2013

Delaney V. Mccoy, Claire Murray

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Short V. Short, Taheera S. Randolph Aug 2013

Short V. Short, Taheera S. Randolph

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Hoover Tree Farm V. Goodrich Petroleum, Marion P. Roy Iii Aug 2013

Hoover Tree Farm V. Goodrich Petroleum, Marion P. Roy Iii

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Andrus V Hillman, Ross Tuminello Aug 2013

Andrus V Hillman, Ross Tuminello

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Québec’S Partnership: Une Société Distincte, Alexandra Popovici Aug 2013

Québec’S Partnership: Une Société Distincte, Alexandra Popovici

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Anything But Common: The Role Of Louisiana’S Civilian Tradition In The Development Of Federal Civil Rights Jurisprudence Under The Fourteenth Amendment, Jared Bianchi Aug 2013

Anything But Common: The Role Of Louisiana’S Civilian Tradition In The Development Of Federal Civil Rights Jurisprudence Under The Fourteenth Amendment, Jared Bianchi

Journal of Civil Law Studies

The famed Slaughterhouse Cases were the first cases to interpret the Fourteenth Amendment. Those cases arose from a Louisiana controversy. This essay suggests that Fourteenth Amendment jurisprudence, including Substantive Due Process, is rooted in the civilian private law tradition as received in Louisiana and as argued by the butchers in the Slaughterhouse Cases. The essay explores the civil law roots of the Privileges and Immunities Clause, beginning with the Twelve Tables and the Code of Justinian. The essay explores how those early codes were appreciated by subsequent Louisiana jurists, and how the civil law approach became an integral part …


Cyprus As A Mixed Legal System, Nikitas E. Hatzimihail Aug 2013

Cyprus As A Mixed Legal System, Nikitas E. Hatzimihail

Journal of Civil Law Studies

Cyprus presents us with its own kind of a mixed legal system: its private law is mostly common law, long codified in statutes. Its public law derives from the continental tradition. Procedural law is purely common law—a major factor in the mutation of the “continental” elements of the legal system. The state of play is affected by the split in the legal profession between continental- and English-educated lawyers (a split acquiring generational and subject-matter dimensions). The bulk of legislation and legal institutions have a distinctively colonial and/or post-colonial flavor. However, the country and the legal elites identify with, and are …


Spanish Law In 2010-2012: The Influence Of European Union Law And The Impact Of The Economic Crisis, Juana Marco Molina Aug 2013

Spanish Law In 2010-2012: The Influence Of European Union Law And The Impact Of The Economic Crisis, Juana Marco Molina

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Broussard V. Rogers, Aster Lee Aug 2013

Broussard V. Rogers, Aster Lee

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Mccarthy V. Entergy Gulf States, Leigh G. Hill Aug 2013

Mccarthy V. Entergy Gulf States, Leigh G. Hill

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Petrie V. Michetti, Morgan Romero Aug 2013

Petrie V. Michetti, Morgan Romero

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Complete V.6 No.1 Aug 2013

Complete V.6 No.1

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Wede V. Niche Marketing, Joseph Stanier Manning Oct 2012

Wede V. Niche Marketing, Joseph Stanier Manning

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Udomeh V. Joseph, Taylor Gay Oct 2012

Udomeh V. Joseph, Taylor Gay

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Avant-Propos, Olivier Moréteau Oct 2012

Avant-Propos, Olivier Moréteau

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Louisiana Civil Code Précis Series, Susan Gualtier Oct 2012

Louisiana Civil Code Précis Series, Susan Gualtier

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Clashes And Continuities: Brief Reflections On The “New Louisiana Legal History”, Seán Patrick Donlan Oct 2012

Clashes And Continuities: Brief Reflections On The “New Louisiana Legal History”, Seán Patrick Donlan

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The Louisiana Civil Code Translation Project: An Introduction , Olivier Moréteau Oct 2012

The Louisiana Civil Code Translation Project: An Introduction , Olivier Moréteau

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Hogg V. Chevron Usa, Inc., Mark Assad Oct 2012

Hogg V. Chevron Usa, Inc., Mark Assad

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No abstract provided.


Columbia Gulf Transmissions Co. V. Bridges, Brian Flanagan Oct 2012

Columbia Gulf Transmissions Co. V. Bridges, Brian Flanagan

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The Case For An Action In Tort To Restrict The Excessive Pumping Of Groundwater In Louisiana, John B. Tarlton Oct 2012

The Case For An Action In Tort To Restrict The Excessive Pumping Of Groundwater In Louisiana, John B. Tarlton

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Cover, Masthead & Contents Oct 2012

Cover, Masthead & Contents

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Louisiana Civil Code – Code Civil De Louisiane: Preliminary Title; Book Iii, Titles 3, 4 And 5 Oct 2012

Louisiana Civil Code – Code Civil De Louisiane: Preliminary Title; Book Iii, Titles 3, 4 And 5

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Neeb V. Lastrapes, William Gaskins Oct 2012

Neeb V. Lastrapes, William Gaskins

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Department Of Social Services Ex Rel. P.B. V. Reed, Sarena Gaylor Oct 2012

Department Of Social Services Ex Rel. P.B. V. Reed, Sarena Gaylor

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Judicial Review In Louisiana: A Bicentennial Exegesis, Paul R. Baier, Georgia D. Chadwick Oct 2012

Judicial Review In Louisiana: A Bicentennial Exegesis, Paul R. Baier, Georgia D. Chadwick

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Making French Doctrine Accessible To The English-Speaking World: The Louisiana Translation Series, Alexandru-Daniel On Oct 2012

Making French Doctrine Accessible To The English-Speaking World: The Louisiana Translation Series, Alexandru-Daniel On

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De Revolutionibus: The Place Of The Civil Code In Louisiana And In The Legal Universe, Olivier Moréteau Oct 2012

De Revolutionibus: The Place Of The Civil Code In Louisiana And In The Legal Universe, Olivier Moréteau

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No abstract provided.