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The Compiled Edition of the Civil Codes of Louisiana was prepared by the Louisiana State Law Institute, pursuant to Act 165 of the Legislature of Louisiana of 1938, under the leadership of Joseph Dainow and with the assistance of Robert A. Pascal (general layout; compilation of Preliminary Title and Book I) and several other scholars (Books II and III). It was published in two volumes by the State of Louisiana (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1940) as Volume 3 of the Louisiana Legal Archives. The Compiled Edition presents each article of the Civil Code of 1870 with corresponding or source provisions of the Digest of 1808, the Code of 1825, the French Civil Code of 1804 and the Projet of 1800, in English and in French.

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Front Matter

Preliminary Title

OF THE GENERAL DEFINITIONS OF LAW AND THE PROMULGATION OF THE LAWS,
(ART. 1 - 23)

Book I

OF PERSONS,
TITLES I TO X (ART. 24 - 245)

Book II

OF THINGS, AND OF THE DIFFERENT MODIFICATIONS OF OWNERSHIP,
TITLES I TO VI (ART. 448 - 855)

Book III

OF THE DIFFERENT MODES OF ACQUIRING THE OWNERSHIP OF THINGS,
PRELIMINARY TITLE TO TITLE XXIV (ART. 870 - 3556)

Appendices and Index