Early Louisiana and Her Spanish World at Tulane, November 4, 2016
Early Louisiana and Her Spanish World: Legal Tradition, Laws and Customs in Luisiana and the Floridas 4 November 2016 – Tulane University School of Law Supported by the Tulane University School of Law and The Portalis Society , the conference brings together historians and legal historians to discuss the laws, customs, and institutions of Spanish Louisiana and the Floridas. The scope is intentionally broad and covers almost anything linked to law and culture (doctrine, personalities, property, politics, extra-legal norms, etc). * Lawyers of Early New Orleans Kenneth Aslakson (History, Union College) Spanish Law, Encyclopaedias, and the Digest of 1808 John W Cairns (Law, Edinburgh) Through a Glass Darkly: The Minor Judiciary of Feliciana, c1803-1810 Seán Patrick Donlan (Law, South Pacific) “The Spanish Spirit in This Country”: Newcomers to Louisiana in 1803-1805, and Their Perceptions of the Spanish Regime Eberhard (Lo) Faber (Music, Loyola) A Confusion of Ins...