The Quest to Implant the Civilian Method in Louisiana: Tracing the Origins of Judicial Methodology

The article presents a speech by the author, who is the Co-Director of the Eason Weinmann Center for Comparative Law, Tulane University, delivered at the 36th Annual Tucker Lecture, held at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University on November 17, 2011, in which he discussed Louisiana's civil law and justice administration, and reflected on Roman-Spanish law in this context.