Reading Suggestions for Prospective/New Law Students (Roman/Civil law focus)

[Related: Advice for Prospective Libertarian Law Students]

Suggested reading list compiled for my niece before attending Louisiana State University law school (a civil law/Roman law state):

• Karl Llewellyn, The Bramble Bush http://quidprolaw.com/?p=2159 (Llewellyn’s Classic Guide to Law Study and 1L Advice)
• Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., The Common Law (http://www.general-intelligence.com/library/commonlaw.pdf or Law https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2449/2449-h/2449-h.htm )
• Herman, Shael, The Louisiana Civil Code: A European Legacy for the United States (1993)
• Bastiat, The Law
• H.L.A. Hart, The Concept of Law
• Bruno Leoni, Freedom and the Law (https://mises.org/library/freedom-and-law or https://oll.libertyfund.org/title/kemp-freedom-and-the-law-lf-ed)
• Fuller, Lon L., The Morality of law, rev’d 2d. ed., 1969
• Sartori, Giovanni, Liberty and Law
• Great American Law Reviews

For my own related stuff:

• “Legislation and the Discovery of Law in a Free Society,” Journal of Libertarian Studies 11 (Summer 1995), p. 132 (to be included in Law in a Libertarian World)
• “Legislation and Law in a Free Society,” Mises Daily (Feb. 25, 2010)

Other

Jurisprudence/general:

• Jhering, Dr. Rudolph von, The Struggle for Law (1879)
• Watson, Alan, The Importance of “Nutshells”, AJCL, 1994
• Posner, Richard A., Blackstone and Bentham

Louisiana/Civil/Roman law/Common Law:

• Merryman, John Henry, The Civil Law Tradition: An Introduction to the Legal Systems of Western Europe and Latin America, 2d. ed. 1985
• Minor Risks and Major Rewards: Civilian Codification in North America on the Eve of the Twenty-First Century, Tul. Eur. & Civ. L. Forum, 1993, by Shael Herman
• Comment: Reflections at the Close of Three Years of Law School: A Student’s Perspective on the “Value and Importance of Teaching Roman Law in Modern American Law Schools, Tul. L. Rev., by John J. Hogerty II
• A History of American Law, 2d. ed., 1985, Lawrence M. Friedman (excerpts on the Civil Law/Louisiana, and on the Field Codes)
• Zekoll, Joachim, The Louisiana Private Law System: The Best of Both Worlds, Tul. Eur. & Civ. L. For., 1995
• A Renaissance of the Civilian Tradition in Louisiana, 33 La. L. Rev. 357 (1973), by Mack E. Barham
• Origins of Modern Codification of the Civil Law: The French Experience and its Implications for Louisiana Law, 56 Tul. L. Rev. 477 (1982), by Rodolfo Batiza
• Principal Features and Methods of Codification, 48 La. L. Rev. 1073 (1988), by Jean Louis Bergel
• Judge Made Law Under A Civil Code, La. L. Rev., 1981, by Genaro R. Carrió
• Life on a Federal Island in the Civilian Sea, Miss. C. L. Rev. 1994, by William E. Crawford
• The Future of the Civil Law, La. L. Rev. 1977, by Julio C. Cueto-Rua
• Stein, Peter G., Relationships among Roman Law, Common Law, and Modern Civil Law, Tul.L.Rev. 1992
• Watson, Alan, Roman Law and English Law: Two Patterns of Legal Development, Loy.L.Rev., 1990