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Cardozo Law Review

Abstract

When Louisiana became an American possession in 1803, a primary concern of the new territorial government and its inhabitants was what kind of law would be most appropriate to provide stability and maintain order in a heterogeneous population composed of free persons of French, Spanish, and American ancestry, those of African origin, free and slave, American Indians, and various combinations of these cultures and races.

Keywords

Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law and Procedure, Trials, Legal Practice and Procedure, Verdicts, Criminals, Slavery, Race and Ethnicity Issues

Disciplines

Criminal Law | Criminal Procedure | Law | Law and Race

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