Download or read book The Lost Translators of 1808 and the Birth of Civil Law in Louisiana written by Vernon Valentine Palmer and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "All rise. The Superior Court of the Territory of Orleans is now in session" -- The hunt for the lost translators of 1808 -- Henry Paul Nugent : the story of a Mercurial Man -- Auguste Davezac de Castera : the life of an eloquent docteur -- Reexamining and exhuming a pioneer translation.