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Through the codes darkly : slave law and civil law in Louisiana
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Through the codes darkly : slave law and civil law in Louisiana / by Vernon Valentine Palmer.
ISBN
9781616193119 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1616193115 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781616193263 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1616193263 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Clark, NJ : The Lawbook Exchange, c2012.
Physical Description
xvi, 196 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 11, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The authors and origins of the Code Noir
War without arms: the customs of slavery
The strange science of codifying slavery: Moreau Lislet and the Louisiana digest of 1808
Slave law under digest and code 1808-1860: systematic thinking and classical learning
Code Noir of 1724 (in French and English): translation by Vernon Valentine Palmer.
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