Louisiana: Microcosm of a Mixed Jurisdiction

Book Review by Thomas E. Carbonneau

Vernon Palmer's book on Louisiana's heritage as a mixed jurisdiction is worth reading for a number of reasons. The volume contains several chapters that are remarkable because of their academic and intellectual excellence. Indeed, they constitute truly exceptional essays that embody masterful conceptions of their subject area. Louisiana: Microcosm of a Mixed Jurisdiction (Microcosm) is also valuable because it groups into a single and well-presented source information that is not otherwise readily accessible or generally debated among U.S. legal scholars. It thereby places the materials before a larger community of law experts and should generate a wider and more enduring discussion of the various topics addressed. Finally, it is a book the gravamen of which transcends the ordinary perimeters of legal discourse. To the usual pragmatism and practicality of legal presentations, Microcosm adds the perspective of a potent brief for developing and preserving a cultural component to law.


About the Author

Thomas E. Carbonneau. Moise S. Steeg, Jr., Professor of Law, Tulane University School of Law.

Citation

75 Tul. L. Rev. 855 (2001)