Civil Code of 1825
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The Civil Code of 1825 was a foundational codification of private law in Louisiana that blended French, Spanish, and local legal traditions into a comprehensive civil law system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Civil Code of 1825 canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil code
ⓘ
legal codification ⓘ source of law ⓘ |
| aimedAt | legal certainty in private law relations ⓘ |
| appliesIn |
Judiciary of Louisiana
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Louisiana courts
|
| appliesTo |
contracts
ⓘ
delicts ⓘ family law ⓘ obligations ⓘ property law ⓘ successions ⓘ |
| basedOn |
French civil law
ⓘ
Spanish civil law ⓘ local Louisiana legal traditions ⓘ |
| characteristic |
bilingual codification
ⓘ
synthesis of multiple legal traditions ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distinctFrom | common law of other U.S. states ⓘ |
| effect |
consolidation of French and Spanish colonial laws in Louisiana
ⓘ
preservation of civil law in a predominantly common law country ⓘ |
| field | private law ⓘ |
| followedBy | later revisions of the Louisiana Civil Code ⓘ |
| governs | civil procedure only indirectly through substantive rules ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
community property regime
ⓘ
forced heirship in successions ⓘ good faith in obligations ⓘ |
| hasPart |
provisions on modes of acquiring ownership
ⓘ
provisions on persons ⓘ provisions on things ⓘ |
| influenced | development of mixed civil–common law system in Louisiana ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Napoleonic Code
ⓘ
surface form:
Code Napoléon
Louisiana Civil Code ⓘ
surface form:
Louisiana Civil Code of 1808
|
| inForceIn | 19th-century Louisiana ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Louisiana ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| legalStatus | historical but foundational for modern Louisiana Civil Code ⓘ |
| legalSystem | civil law ⓘ |
| legalTradition |
Roman law tradition
ⓘ
civilian tradition ⓘ |
| partOf |
Louisiana Revised Statutes
ⓘ
surface form:
Louisiana statutory law
|
| purpose | to systematize and codify private law in Louisiana ⓘ |
| regulates | civil relationships between private persons ⓘ |
| replaced |
Civil Code of 1808
ⓘ
surface form:
Louisiana Civil Code of 1808
|
| subjectOf |
comparative law scholarship
ⓘ
legal history research ⓘ |
| typeOf | codified statute ⓘ |
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