Jefferson's Louisiana : : Politics and the Clash of Legal Traditions / / George Dargo.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: American History eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]
©1975
Year of Publication:2013
Edition:Reprint 2014
Language:English
Series:Studies in Legal History ; 2
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Physical Description:1 online resource (260 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Jefferson's Louisiana: Land, People, Law
  • The Problems of Colonial Rule
  • 2. William C. C. Claiborne and the Politics of Territorial Government
  • 3. Burr's Conspiracy and the Orleans Territory
  • 4. Edward Livingston and the New Orleans Batture
  • The Clash of Legal Traditions
  • 5. Common Law vs. Civil Law: First Phase
  • 6. Common Law vs. Civil Law: Second Phase
  • 7. The Louisiana Civil Law Digest
  • Notes. Selected. Sources. Index
  • Notes
  • Selected Sources
  • Index