Essay by Rodolfo Batiza
The present essay has a triple purpose: first, to determine which Roman law, the Roman law as understood by writers of the ancien régime or the Roman law compiled in the Corpus Iuris Civilis, was a source of the French Civil Code; second, to reexamine the Roman law used in the drafting of the Louisiana Civil Codes of 1808, 1825, and 1870; and third, to respond to a new criticism of some of the findings this writer made public over twenty years ago.
About the Author
Rodolfo Batiza. Professor Emeritus of Latin American Legal Studies, Tulane University School of Law. Bachiller en Ciencias Sociales, 1935; Licenciado en Derecho, 1941, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Citation
69 Tul. L. Rev. 1601 (1995)