Louisiana Civil Code

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civil code codified private law source of law of Louisiana

The Louisiana Civil Code is a comprehensive body of private law for the state of Louisiana, rooted in French and Spanish civil law traditions and uniquely distinguishing Louisiana’s legal system from the common law systems of other U.S. states.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Louisiana Civil Code canonical 4
Louisiana Civil Code of 1825 4
Louisiana Civil Code of 1808 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil code ⓘ
codified private law ⓘ
source of law of Louisiana ⓘ
administeredBy Louisiana State Legislature ⓘ
surface form: Louisiana Legislature
appliesInJurisdiction Louisiana ⓘ
surface form: State of Louisiana
basedOn Civil Code of 1825 ⓘ
Civil Code of 1870 ⓘ
Digest of 1808 ⓘ
contains book on conflict of laws ⓘ
book on modes of acquiring ownership ⓘ
book on obligations ⓘ
book on persons ⓘ
book on things and different modifications of ownership ⓘ
preliminary title ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
distinguishesFrom common law systems of other U.S. states ⓘ
governs community property ⓘ
contracts ⓘ
donations ⓘ
family law ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
obligations ⓘ
ownership ⓘ
persons ⓘ
property ⓘ
servitudes ⓘ
successions ⓘ
torts (delictual obligations) ⓘ
hasEdition Civil Code of 1808 ⓘ
Civil Code of 1825 ⓘ
Civil Code of 1870 ⓘ
modernly revised Louisiana Civil Code ⓘ
hasTypeOfObligation contractual obligations ⓘ
delictual obligations ⓘ
quasi-contractual obligations ⓘ
quasi-delictual obligations ⓘ
influencedBy French civil law ⓘ
Napoleonic Code ⓘ
Roman law ⓘ
surface form: Roman law tradition

Spanish civil law ⓘ
interpretedBy Louisiana Supreme Court ⓘ
Louisiana Courts of Appeal ⓘ
surface form: Louisiana courts of appeal
isCodifiedIn Louisiana Revised Statutes ⓘ
surface form: Louisiana Revised Statutes (Civil Code articles)
language English ⓘ
legalStatus primary source of private law in Louisiana ⓘ
legalSystem civil law ⓘ
legalTradition mixed civil law–common law jurisdiction ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
partOf Louisiana legal system ⓘ
subjectTo statutory revision ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Napoleonic Code → influenced → Louisiana Civil Code ⓘ
Louisiana Supreme Court → appliesLaw → Louisiana Civil Code ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure
Louisiana Supreme Court → appliesLaw → Louisiana Civil Code ⓘ
St. James Parish, Louisiana → legalSystem → Louisiana Civil Code ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louisiana civil law system
Louisiana Code of Evidence → legalSystem → Louisiana Civil Code ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louisiana civil law tradition
Judiciary of Louisiana → follows → Louisiana Civil Code ⓘ
Digest of 1808 → successor → Louisiana Civil Code ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louisiana Civil Code of 1825
Digest of 1808 → successor → Louisiana Civil Code ⓘ
Civil Code of 1825 → influencedBy → Louisiana Civil Code ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louisiana Civil Code of 1808
Civil Code of 1870 → replaced → Louisiana Civil Code ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louisiana Civil Code of 1825
Civil Code of 1870 → basedOn → Louisiana Civil Code ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louisiana Civil Code of 1825
Civil Code of 1808 → followedBy → Louisiana Civil Code ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louisiana Civil Code of 1825