(LAW) Livingston Edward Report made to the General Assembly

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(LAW.) Livingston, Edward. Report made to the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana on the Plan of a Penal Code. 8vo, modern morocco gilt, minor wear; minor wear to title page, early pencil marks in margins; presentation inscription by the author on title page, with the final letters of the signature excised during binding. New Orleans, 1822

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Livingston was an important American jurist. Although he later served as Secretary of State, he was best known for drafting a radical new civil code for Louisiana, heavily influenced by the ideas of Jeremy Bentham, with an emphasis on rehabilitation rather than punishment. Provenance: Swann sale, 18 June 1992, lot 330. Sabin 41614; no other copies known at auction since 1982.