Digest of 1808

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The Digest of 1808 is an early codification of Louisiana’s private law that blended French, Spanish, and civil law traditions into a unified legal framework.

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Digest of 1808 canonical 1
Louisiana Digest of 1808 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil code ⓘ
codification of private law ⓘ
legal code ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Digest of the Civil Laws now in force in the Territory of Orleans ⓘ
Louisiana Digest of 1808 ⓘ
linked to: Digest of 1808
appliesToJurisdiction Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: Louisiana Territory
commissionedBy Legislature of the Territory of Orleans ⓘ
compiledIn book form ⓘ
componentOf history of Louisiana civil law ⓘ
contains articles ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateEnacted 1808 ⓘ
governs civil relationships between private persons in Louisiana (historically) ⓘ
historicalSignificance early example of civil law codification in the United States ⓘ
first comprehensive codification of Louisiana private law ⓘ
influenced development of Louisiana Civil Code ⓘ
mixed civil law–common law character of Louisiana ⓘ
influencedBy French law ⓘ
Napoleonic Code ⓘ
Roman law ⓘ
Spanish law ⓘ
inForceEndDate 1825 ⓘ
inForceStartDate 1808 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalDomain private law ⓘ
legalField civil law ⓘ
legalStatus superseded ⓘ
legalSystem Louisiana law ⓘ
legalTradition civil law ⓘ
placeOfEnactment Territory of Orleans ⓘ
predecessor French colonial law in Louisiana ⓘ
Spanish colonial law in Louisiana ⓘ
promulgatedBy Governor of the Territory of Orleans ⓘ
purpose to harmonize French, Spanish, and civil law traditions ⓘ
to unify and codify Louisiana private law ⓘ
region North America ⓘ
subjectMatter civil obligations ⓘ
contracts ⓘ
family law ⓘ
private law ⓘ
property law ⓘ
successions ⓘ
torts ⓘ
successor Louisiana Civil Code ⓘ
Louisiana Civil Code of 1825 ⓘ

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Louisiana Civil Code → basedOn → Digest of 1808 ⓘ
Digest of 1808 → alsoKnownAs → Louisiana Digest of 1808 ⓘ
linked to: Digest of 1808