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To: ExSoldier
ExSoldier wrote:

It's unique, Louisiana has always been under Napoleonic Law.

Since the Louisiana purchase, the area has been under US Constitutional law.

372 posted on 09/08/2005 6:59:44 PM PDT by dimquest
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To: dimquest
Since the Louisiana purchase, the area has been under US Constitutional law.

That's when Federal Law is applied. State law is still Napoleonic. It was one reason when I was applying to law schools that I omitted Tulane University.

377 posted on 09/08/2005 7:03:29 PM PDT by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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