Louisiana Law Review
Keywords
Roscoe Pound 1870-1964, Jean Etienne Marie Portalis 1745-1807, Codification of law
Abstract
The article explores the views of jurist Jean-Etienne-Marie Portalis and legal scholar Roscoe Pound regarding the codification of law, and shows that Pound had accurately understood and appreciated the originality, inner wisdom, and drafting technique of the process of codification.
Repository Citation
Alain A. Levasseur,
Portalis and Pound: A Debate on “Codification”,
81 La. L. Rev.
(2021)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/lalrev/vol81/iss4/6