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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Southern legal studies
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Southern legal studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
"All rise: The Superior Court of the Territory of Orleans is now in session" -- The hunt for the lost translators of 1808 -- Henry Paul Nugent : the story of a mercurial man -- Auguste Davezac de Castera : the life of an eloquent docteur -- Reexamining and exhuming a pioneer translation -- Appendix: Selected writings of Henry Paul Nugent and Auguste Valentin Genevieve Davezac de Castera. |
| Summary |
"In 1808 the legislature of the Louisiana territory appointed two men to translate the Digest of the Laws in Force in the Territory of Orleans (or, as it was called at the time, simply the Code) from the original French into English. Those officials, however, did not reveal who received the commission, and the translators never identified themselves. Indeed, the "translators of 1808" guarded their secret so well that their identities have remained unknown for more than two hundred years. Their names, personalities, careers, and credentials, indeed everything about them, have been a missing chapter in Louisiana legal history. In this volume, Vernon Valentine Palmer, through painstaking research, uncovers the identity of the translators, presents their life stories, and evaluates their translation in the context of the birth of civil law in Louisiana. One consequence of the translators' previous anonymity has been that the translation itself has never been fully examined before this study. To be sure, the translation has been criticized and specific errors have been pointed out, but Palmer's study is the first general evaluation that considers the translation's goals, the Louisiana context, its merits and demerits, its innovations, failures, and successes. It thus allows us to understand how much and in what ways the translators affected the future course of Louisiana law. The Lost Translators, through painstaking research, uncovers the identity of the translators, presents their life stories, and evaluates their translation in the context of the birth of civil law in Louisiana"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Civil law -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century.
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Civil law. |
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Louisiana. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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1800-1899 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Title |
Lost translators of eighteen hundred and eight and the birth of civil law in Louisiana |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Palmer, Vernon V. Lost translators of 1808 and the birth of civil law in Louisiana. Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia Press, [2021] 9780820358338 (DLC) 2020041576 (OCoLC)1143615203 |
| ISBN |
9780820358321 electronic book |
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0820358320 electronic book |
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9780820358338 hardcover |
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