PDF⋙ Through the Codes Darkly: Slave Law and Civil Law in Louisiana by Vernon V. Palmer
Through the Codes Darkly: Slave Law and Civil Law in Louisiana by Vernon V. Palmer Through the Codes Darkly: Slave Law and Civil Law in Louisiana by Vernon V. Palmer PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad A Path-Breaking and Masterly Study of Louisiana Slave Law This fascinating study offers an examination of the complex French, Spanish, Roman and American heritage of Louisiana's law of slavery and its codification, a profile of the first effort in modern history to integrate slavery into a European-style civil code, the 1808 Digest of Orleans, a trailblazing study of the unwritten laws of slavery and the legal impact of customs and practices developing outside of the Codes, an analysis that overturns the previous scholarly view that Roman law was the model for the Code Noir of 1685, a new unabridged translation (by Palmer) of the Code Noir of 1724 with the original French text on facing pages. "A very useful addition to the growing literature on the law of slavery, this book is particularl...