It seems that nearly everyone knows that Louisiana is somehow different from the other states, even if they can't exactly say how. Many believe, thanks to Stanley Kawolski, that Louisiana adopted the Napoleonic Code (it didn't). Others know that there are links to Spain, but are not sure how that translates into the legal system. Louisiana has a common law system for criminal law. However, Louisiana has a hybrid civil law system, unlike the other states, which are common law systems. Our legal traditions are rooted in Roman law, via the works of both Spanish and French scholars who had studied and used it as a source for their own written codes. To this are added English influences, such as Blackstone’s Commentaries Upon the laws of England.
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