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blueprint that regulates the life of citizens from birth to grave. Addressing the
legal profession of Louisiana, he wrote,
The “Civil Code” . . . is your most important book because it ushers you
into society as a member of your parents’ family and regulates your life
until you reach maturity. It then prescribes the rules for the
establishment of your own family by marriage and having children, and
for the disposition of your estate when you die, either by law or by
testament subject to law. It tells how you can acquire, own, use, and
dispose of property . . . It provides the rules for most of the special
contracts necessary for the conduct of nearly all of your relations with
you fellowman . . . and finally, all of the rights and obligations governing
your relations with your neighbor and fellowman generally.
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