The Genesis And Descent Of The System Of Civil Law Prevailing In Louisiana

Author : Charles Erasmus Fenner
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ISBN 13 : 9781331132516
Total Pages : 32 pages
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Download or read book The Genesis and Descent of the System of Civil Law Prevailing in Louisiana written by Charles Erasmus Fenner and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Genesis and Descent of the System of Civil Law Prevailing in Louisiana: An Address, Delivered at Request of the Faculty of the Law Department of the Tulane University of Louisiana, at the Commencement on Saturday, May 15th, 1886 The best explanation I can make of the peculiar character of the address I am about to deliver will be the frank confession that it was not prepared for this occasion, but that at a time when the Faculty had honored me by election to the chair of Civil Law in the Tulane University, it was prepared as an introductory lecture to my intended course. Circumstances having prevented my ultimate acceptance of the position, the lecture was never delivered. In adapting it to the present occasion, I have excused myself for its didactic character by the thought, that to my professional auditors it might recall some scraps of forgotten learning; to you, gentlemen of the graduating class, it might serve to refresh your recollections of the lessons you have lately received from your learned professor, while to the laymen of my audience it might convey useful information as to the "genesis and descent of the system of civil law prevailing in Louisiana." You all remember that Byron introduces his splendid ode, "The Isles of Greece," with the lines: "Thus sung, or would, or could, or should have sung, In tolerable verse, the Modern Greek." I paraphrase this and introduce my address by saying: "Thus said, or would, or could, or should have said, the incipient Professor." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.