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13 De Novo: Newsl. L. Libr. La. 1 (2016)

handle is hein.journals/denov13 and id is 1 raw text is: DE NOVO NEWSLETTER OF THE LAW LIBRARY OF LOUISIANA Volume 13, Issue 1 Winter 2016 _ 2;r, _ &.e Conducting Legslative Histories with the Poynter Library New Rare Books in the Law Library New Exhibit on Judge Fred J. Cassibry Fall CLEs at the Law Library Constitution Day 2015 Announcements 3 4 5 6 7 8 Law Library of Louisiana Hours Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm Telephone (504) 310-2400 Fax (504) 310-2419 Toll Free (Louisiana only) (800) 820-3038 library@lasc.org lasc.libguides.com At Your Service Miriam Childs -Associate Director Francis Norton - Research Lawyer/ Librarian Cynthia Jones -Assistant Librarian Sara Pic -Assistant Librarian Brandon Wright -Assistant Librarian Gail Bragg- Administrative Assistant Ruth Mahoney - Library Associate JUSTICES OF THE LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT, 1865-1880 by E. Phelps Gay BOOK REVIEW, Zhe justices of the Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1865-1880 Evelyn L. Wilson, a profes- sor at Southern University Law Center, has written a highly informative and impres- sively researched book profil- ing eighteen of the nineteen men who served as Justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court between 1865 and 1880. As might be expected, the color- ful and contrasting person- alities of these men (ranging from Union-oriented plant- ers who joined the Republican Party and were appointed by Reconstruction governors to die-hard Democrats who fought for the Confederacy and were appointed by Democratic Governor Francis T. Nicholls), as well as the contentious and even violent political times through which they served, offer an occasion for lively reading and historical reflection. The book is divided into three parts: profiles of those Justices who served during the Civil War and its immediate after- math (1865-1868); those who served during the period of Congressional Reconstruction (1868-1877); and those who served after the Democrats prevailed with the elec- tion of Governor Nicholls in 1876 and the subse- quent deal which allowed Rutherford B. Hayes to become president of the United States and led to the withdrawal of federal troops from Louisiana (1877-1880). Along the way we encounter an inter- esting array of politicians and jurists from all corners of the state. Anyone who has lived in Louisiana and knows something about its history will recognize many of the family names, such as Thomas Courtland Manning of Alexandria, William Wirt Howe of New Orleans, and Alcibiades DeBlanc of St. Martinville. Drafted by delegates from New Orleans and surrounding parishes under Union control, Louisiana's 1864 Constitution provid- ed for the appointment of five justices by then- governor, Michael Hahn. Although later rejected by the U.S. Congress because it did not extend suffrage to African-Americans, that Constitution nevertheless became the state's govern- ing document until the Constitution of 1868 took continued on page 2 rveiyn rylusonprojessor at oournern unzverstry Law uenter ana aurnor of 7he Justices ofthe Supreme Court ofLouisiana, 1865-1880

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