The Nation's Crucible: The Louisiana Purchase and the Creation of America

2008 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 950
Author(s):  
Mark F. Fernandez ◽  
Peter J. Kastor
Keyword(s):  
The Creation ◽  
Louisiana Purchase

The Nations Crucible: The Louisiana Purchase and the Creation of America

2005 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 441
Author(s):  
Donald E. Heidenreich ◽  
Peter Kastor
Keyword(s):  
The Creation ◽  
Louisiana Purchase

The Nation's Crucible: The Louisiana Purchase and the Creation of America

2005 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 371
Author(s):  
John Lauritz Larson ◽  
Peter J. Kastor
Keyword(s):  
The Creation ◽  
Louisiana Purchase

scholarly journals A Closer Look: A Symposium Among Legal Historians and Law Librarians to Uncover the Spanish Roots of Louisiana Civil Law†

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenç Filiu ◽  
Dennis Kim-Prieto ◽  
Teresa Miguel
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Other ◽  
Legal Tradition ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Louisiana Purchase

AbstractThe debate regarding whether the origin of Louisiana civil law is based in the Spanish or in the French legal tradition has been ongoing since that state's incorporation into the United States as a result of the Louisiana Purchase. Distinguished legal scholars have argued in favor of one tradition being dominant over the other, and each has been staunch in support of that view. This article proposes and demonstrates that the Spanish, not French, civil law had an enormous influence on the creation and evolution of Louisiana civil law, and that this legacy resonates today.

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