Louisiana Law Review
The first issue of the Louisiana Law Review went into print in November of 1938. Since then the Review has served as Louisiana’s flagship legal journal and has become a vibrant forum for scholarship in comparative and civil law topics.
Current Issue: Volume 86 (2025-2026), Number 4
Louisiana Law Review (Summer 2026)
Front Matter
Article
Consideration, Detrimental Reliance, Promissory Estoppel—or the 1984 Common Law Rodents in the Louisiana Civil Code of 1825
Alain A. Levasseur
Ruminations on Mineral Code Articles 77–79: Can an Exception Really Swallow its Rule?
Patrick S. Ottinger
Pierre Auguste Charles Bourguignon Derbigny—A Transformative Actor in Louisiana’s Legal and Political History: Career, Cases, and Code
Markus G. Puder
Talbot, Paisant, and Mengis on Louisiana Torts: A Foreword
Thomas C. Galligan Jr.
The Safe Assumption: Revising the Duty Standard for Design Professionals in Louisiana Construction Litigation
Joseph Mengis