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435:, judges in Louisiana rule based on their own interpretation of the law. This distinction is not absolute, though. Civil law has its own respect for established precedent, the doctrine of
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914:“Principal Features and Methods of Codification”
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1035:Mainstreaming Louisiana Legal History
961:Revue internationale de droit comparé
747:. In Palmer, Vernon Valentine (ed.).
694:"Louisiana, LAC, Administrative Code"
330:, was written in French by attorneys
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900:Ordonnance de Saint Germain en Laye
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