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• "All rise: The Superior Court of the Territory of Orleans is now in session"
• The hunt for the lost translators of 1808
• Henry Paul Nugent : the story of a mercurial man
• Auguste Davezac de Castera : the life of an eloquent docteur
• Reexamining and exhuming a pioneer translation
• Appendix: Selected writings of Henry Paul Nugent and Auguste Valentin Genevieve Davezac de Castera.

"In 1808 the legislature of the Louisiana territory appointed two men to translate the Digest of the Laws in Force in the Territory of Orleans (or, as it was called at the time, simply the Code) from the original French into English. Those officials, however, did not reveal who received the commission, and the translators never identified themselves. Indeed, the "translators of 1808" guarded their secret so well that their identities have remained unknown for more than two hundred years. Their names, personalities, careers, and credentials, indeed everything about them, have been a missing chapter in Louisiana legal history. In this volume, Vernon Valentine Palmer, through painstaking research, uncovers the identity of the translators, presents their life stories, and evaluates their translation in the context of the birth of civil law in Louisiana. One consequence of the translators' previous anonymity has been that the translation itself has never been fully examined before this study. To be sure, the translation has been criticized and specific errors have been pointed out, but Palmer's study is the first general evaluation that considers the translation's goals, the Louisiana context, its merits and demerits, its innovations, failures, and successes. It thus allows us to understand how much and in what ways the translators affected the future course of Louisiana law. The Lost Translators, through painstaking research, uncovers the identity of the translators, presents their life stories, and evaluates their translation in the context of the birth of civil law in Louisiana"-- Provided by publisher.

• Fundamental principles of legal research
• Overview of the legal research process and citation
• Research efficiency and organization
• Researching enacted law : constitutions, statutes, and rules
• Bill tracking and researching legislative history
• Judicial systems and judicial opinions
• Researching judicial opinions : digests and other finding tools and strategies
• Researching administrative law and other executive documents
• Citators
• Finding and updating secondary sources

"This book is written to assist attorneys, law students, paralegals, librarians, and others in researching legal materials effectively and efficiently. While focused on Louisiana law, the book provides the reader with information necessary to research federal law as well as the law of other jurisdictions. The book is user-friendly, providing information about legal research in a straightforward, practical format. The book is a must for anyone conducting legal research in Louisiana and is an excellent guide for legal research novices. In addition to discussing research techniques, sources, and strategies, the book explains the primary legal traditions in the United States and the basic structure of court systems in the United States. Against this backdrop, the book highlights the unique characteristics of the Louisiana legal system, including the State's reliance on the Civil Code, statutory law, and the value of precedent in Louisiana. The book also provides specific information on both electronic and print sources for locating law and gives guidance to the researcher on which sources are most efficiently used to research various types of information. The book touches on strategies for presenting legal arguments and provides information on citing legal sources in accordance with Louisiana custom as well as The Bluebook and the ALWD Guide to Legal Citation"-- Provided by publisher

• "All rise: The Superior Court of the Territory of Orleans is now in session"
• The hunt for the lost translators of 1808
• Henry Paul Nugent : the story of a mercurial man
• Auguste Davezac de Castera : the life of an eloquent docteur
• Reexamining and exhuming a pioneer translation
• Appendix: Selected writings of Henry Paul Nugent and Auguste Valentin Genevieve Davezac de Castera.

"In 1808 the legislature of the Louisiana territory appointed two men to translate the Digest of the Laws in Force in the Territory of Orleans (or, as it was called at the time, simply the Code) from the original French into English. Those officials, however, did not reveal who received the commission, and the translators never identified themselves. Indeed, the "translators of 1808" guarded their secret so well that their identities have remained unknown for more than two hundred years. Their names, personalities, careers, and credentials, indeed everything about them, have been a missing chapter in Louisiana legal history. In this volume, Vernon Valentine Palmer, through painstaking research, uncovers the identity of the translators, presents their life stories, and evaluates their translation in the context of the birth of civil law in Louisiana. One consequence of the translators' previous anonymity has been that the translation itself has never been fully examined before this study. To be sure, the translation has been criticized and specific errors have been pointed out, but Palmer's study is the first general evaluation that considers the translation's goals, the Louisiana context, its merits and demerits, its innovations, failures, and successes. It thus allows us to understand how much and in what ways the translators affected the future course of Louisiana law. The Lost Translators, through painstaking research, uncovers the identity of the translators, presents their life stories, and evaluates their translation in the context of the birth of civil law in Louisiana"-- Provided by publisher.

A Black teenager bravely challenges the most powerful white supremacist in 1960s Louisiana with the help of a young Jewish attorney. Systemic racism meets its match in decisive courtroom battles, including the U.S. Supreme Court, and a lifelong friendship is born

• Prologue: Down the road
• A dirty storm
• The boss
• What is ours
• Contact
• Going to war
• Determination and unity
• Dire straits
• Cruelty
• Klantown, USA
• The case for the prosecution
• The case for the defense
• Investigation
• Trouble
• No error of law
• The chief engineer
• Bailing out
• Where is your law?
• Absent and unrepresented
• The fruits of benevolence
• Losing everything
• Having a field day
• Flambeaux
• Suppression
• The facts of this case
• If it ain't true, it oughta be
• First and foremost
• Workhorse
• Profound judgment
• Tranquility
• A clean storm
• Epilogue
• Afterword

"In 1966 in a small town in Louisiana, a 19-year-old black man named Gary Duncan pulled his car off the road to stop a fight. Duncan was arrested a few minutes later for the crime of putting his hand on the arm of a white child. Rather than accepting his fate, Duncan found Richard Sobol, a brilliant, 29-year-old lawyer from New York who was the only white attorney at "the most radical law firm" in New Orleans. Against them stood one of the most powerful white supremacists in the South, a man called simply "The Judge." In this powerful work of character-driven history, journalist Matthew Van Meter vividly brings alive how a seemingly minor incident brought massive, systemic change to the criminal justice system. Using first-person interviews, in-depth research and a deep knowledge of the law, Van Meter shows how Gary Duncan's insistence on seeking justice empowered generations of defendants-disproportionately poor and black-to demand fair trials. Duncan v. Louisiana changed American law, but first it changed the lives of those who litigated it"-- Provided by publisher

• Foreword
• Obligations, La. Civ. Code Arts. 1756 to 1762
• Kinds of obligations, La. Civ. Code Arts. 1763 to 1785
• Obligations with multiple persons, La. Civ. Code Arts. 1786 to 1806
• Obligations with multiple objects, La. Civ. Code Arts. 1807 to 1820
• Transfer of obligations : assumption-subrogation, La. Civ. Code Arts. 1821 to 1830
• Proof of obligations, La. Civ. Code Arts. 1831 to 1853
• Extinction of obligations, La. Civ. Code Arts. 1854 to 1906

"[This book] was written for the benefit and use of judges and lawyers who are seeking a general and comprehensive treatment of the law of obligations. This treatise emphasises the importance of the Louisiana Civil Code articles as the primary source of law (and includes accompanying references to the French and Québec Civil Codes and relevant doctrinal writings) while also discussing case law as a secondary source of law, providing the reader with a toolbox to further understand this important aspect of civil law"-- Provided by publisher

• Prologue: Down the road
• A dirty storm
• The boss
• What is ours
• Contact
• Going to war
• Determination and unity
• Dire straits
• Cruelty
• Klantown, USA
• The case for the prosecution
• The case for the defense
• Investigation
• Trouble
• No error of law
• The chief engineer
• Bailing out
• Where is your law?
• Absent and unrepresented
• The fruits of benevolence
• Losing everything
• Having a field day
• Flambeaux
• Suppression
• The facts of this case
• If it ain't true, it oughta be
• First and foremost
• Workhorse
• Profound judgment
• Tranquility
• A clean storm
• Epilogue
• Afterword

"In 1966 in a small town in Louisiana, a 19-year-old black man named Gary Duncan pulled his car off the road to stop a fight. Duncan was arrested a few minutes later for the crime of putting his hand on the arm of a white child. Rather than accepting his fate, Duncan found Richard Sobol, a brilliant, 29-year-old lawyer from New York who was the only white attorney at "the most radical law firm" in New Orleans. Against them stood one of the most powerful white supremacists in the South, a man called simply "The Judge." In this powerful work of character-driven history, journalist Matthew Van Meter vividly brings alive how a seemingly minor incident brought massive, systemic change to the criminal justice system. Using first-person interviews, in-depth research and a deep knowledge of the law, Van Meter shows how Gary Duncan's insistence on seeking justice empowered generations of defendants-disproportionately poor and black-to demand fair trials. Duncan v. Louisiana changed American law, but first it changed the lives of those who litigated it"-- Provided by publisher