palani
26th June 2016, 07:54 AM
Spanish civil law effective in Louisiana as of 1820. Note that this the WHOLE of Louisiana and not just the present state of Louisiana. There are sections declared NOT IN FORCE but this material can be considered a baseline of law items that are not in conflict with the U.S. constitution. A two volume set as itemized below
https://books.google.com/books?id=KndGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA566&dq=emancipate&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwim4aPJ47LNAhUVPVIKHQVKBi04ChDoAQhCMAc#v =onepage&q=emancipate&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=_3dGAQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=las%2Bsiete%2Bpartidas%2Blislet&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwihjrq_7bLNAhVCLlIKHbuBBLUQ6AEIHDAA#v=on epage&q=las%2Bsiete%2Bpartidas%2Blislet&f=false
There is quite a lot of good material here including an explanation of WHY this law is still in effect in Louisiana rather than French civil law. Both Spanish and French civil law are based upon Roman civil law and both are based upon reason. Unless reason has completely left our judicial branch (likely this is the case) the reasons the ancients were exposed to has remained virtually unchanged for millennia.
Note while the title of the book covers Louisiana I believe California and parts of New Mexico and Arizona also benefit from the Spanish civil law.
https://books.google.com/books?id=KndGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA566&dq=emancipate&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwim4aPJ47LNAhUVPVIKHQVKBi04ChDoAQhCMAc#v =onepage&q=emancipate&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=_3dGAQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=las%2Bsiete%2Bpartidas%2Blislet&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwihjrq_7bLNAhVCLlIKHbuBBLUQ6AEIHDAA#v=on epage&q=las%2Bsiete%2Bpartidas%2Blislet&f=false
There is quite a lot of good material here including an explanation of WHY this law is still in effect in Louisiana rather than French civil law. Both Spanish and French civil law are based upon Roman civil law and both are based upon reason. Unless reason has completely left our judicial branch (likely this is the case) the reasons the ancients were exposed to has remained virtually unchanged for millennia.
Note while the title of the book covers Louisiana I believe California and parts of New Mexico and Arizona also benefit from the Spanish civil law.