Article by Olivier Moréteau and Agustín Parise
Like temples or churches, codes may be altered with time. They can be enlarged, embellished, or modernized, for better or worse. The Codes of Louisiana and Latin America all have been built in a very distinct style, and this Article may explore what is left of the original style and architecture.
The plan is to explore the extent to which the first generation of civil codes has been subject to revision, decodification, and recodification. But first, using at times the architectural metaphor, it is necessary to define what meaning we are giving to these terms, so that we may contribute in clarifying to what extent recodification is taking place in Louisiana and Latin America. We will often refer to an article by a former Louisiana State University (LSU) professor, the Canadian Michael McAuley, Proposal for a Theory and a Method of Recodification.
About the Author
Olivier Moréteau. Professor of Law, Russell B. Long Eminent Scholars Academic Chair, Director of the Center of Civil Law Studies, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University; formerly Professor of Law, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 and Director of the Edouard Lambert Institute of Comparative Law.
Agustín Parise. Research Associate, Center of Civil Law Studies, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University; LL.B. 2001, Universidad de Buenos Aires; LL.M. 2006, Louisiana State University; formerly Lecturer in Legal History (auxiliar docente), Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Citation
83 Tul. L. Rev. 1103 (2009)