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Caselaw Access Project - Louisiana

The Caselaw Access Project (“CAP”) expands public access to U.S. law. The goal is to make all published U.S. court decisions freely available to the public online, in a consistent format, digitized from the collection of the Harvard Law School Library.

Compiled Edition of the Civil Codes of Louisiana - LSU Law Digital Commons

The Compiled Edition of the Civil Codes of Louisiana was prepared by the Louisiana State Law Institute, pursuant to Act 165 of the Legislature of Louisiana of 1938, under the leadership of Joseph Dainow and with the assistance of Robert A. Pascal (general layout; compilation of Preliminary Title and Book I) and several other scholars (Books II and III). It was published in two volumes by the State of Louisiana (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1940) as Volume 3 of the Louisiana Legal Archives. The Compiled Edition presents each article of the Civil Code of 1870 with corresponding or source provisions of the Digest of 1808, the Code of 1825, the French Civil Code of 1804 and the Projet of 1800, in English and in French.

Google Books - Louisiana Statutes

Search results for digitized books on historical statutes for the state. For each book, view the book within your web browser or hover over "EBOOK - FREE" and choose the ebook option you wish to download.

Hathi Trust Digital Library - Louisiana Statutes

Catalog search results for digitized books on historical statutes for the state.

Internet Archive Texts - American Libraries - Louisiana Statutes

Catalog search results for digitized books on historical statutes for the state.

Law Library of Congress - Guide to Law Online - Louisiana

A directory of law resources for the state: Constitution, Executive, Judicial, Legislative, Legal Guides, General Sources.

Louisiana Civil Code

Louisiana Civil Code (Wikipedia)

Louisiana State Legislature - Legislative Law - Revised Statutes

The current state statutory law.

The Federal and State Constitutions, 7 vols. | Online Library of Liberty

Francis Newton Thorpe was commissioned by the U.S. Congress to edit a 7 volume collection of Colonial, Federal and State constitutions in 1906. The volumes are in alphabetical order, with Volume 1 dealing with United States-Alabama-District of Columbia; Vol. 2 Florida-Kansas; Vol. 3 Kentucky-Massachusetts; Vol. 4 Michigan-New Hampshire; Vol. 5 New Jersey-Philippine Islands; Vol. 6 Porto Rico-Vermont; Vol. 7 Virginia-Wyoming.

The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws[...] Vol. III Kentucky—Massachusetts (Google Books)

Series by Francis Newton Thorpe.

The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws[...] Volumes I-VII (HathiTrust)

Series by Francis Newton Thorpe. Various options for a full view of each volume.