USA, Publisher Federal Judicial Center, 67 pages,
In the main table below, various Louisiana civilian concepts are defined, and correlated with
common-law concepts where possible. The civilian terms defined in the table generally have some
counterpart in common-law terminology, are interesting or unique Louisiana civilian concepts, are
different uses of words than in the common law, or are simply used more often in Louisiana than in her sister states.Contents
Acknowledgments
IntroductionThe History and Development of the Civil-Law System
In the Beginning: All Roads Lead to Rome
Medieval Developments in Italy
Canon Law and the Law Merchant
Intellectual Developments Leading to the Codification Process
The Codification Processes in France and Germany
The French Code
The German Code
The Codes of Chile and Brazil
The Development of the Role of Jurists in Modern SystemsThe Civil-Law System As It Exists and Functions in the Modern Era
The Public Law–Private Law Dichotomy
Court Structure
The Legal Process
Civil Procedure
Criminal Procedure
Appellate Procedure
Legal Actors: Tradition and Transition
Legal Scholars
The Legislature
Judges
Legal Education and Lawyers
Transition in the Civil-Law WorldThe Common Law and a Comparison of the Civil-Law and Common-Law Systems
Origins of the Common-Law System
Jurists in the Common-Law System
Differences in the Two SystemsConclusion
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