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 LIV LIVES of John Jay and Alexander Hamilton. 8vo. New York. 1841. LIVINGSTON, E. The Batture Case, with the Opinion of P. S. Du Ponceau on the Right of the United States to the Alluvium, as well as the Arguments of other great Jurists. Svo. New Orleans. 1808. . Rapport sur le projet d'un Code Penal fait a I'assemblee cenerale de I'etat do la Louisiane, suivi des Observa- tions sur les Conditions necessaires a la perfection d'un Code Penal, par M. Mill, avec une Introduction et Notes, par A. H. Taillandier. 8vo. Paris. 1825. The Legislature of Louisiana, appointed Mr. Livingston, in 1820, to prepare a Penal Code for that State, which was submitted in 1822, and re-published, with its concomitant parts, in one volume, 1834. The Penal Code, for Louisiana, was not adopted, and the author subsequently be- stowed a good deal of labour upon a Criminal Code for the United States, but all to no practical purpose, for notwithstanding its humane and excel- lent provisions it never obtained an authoritative sanction. No single writer, except Jeremy Bentham, has written so much upon Codification, or as learnedly, as Livingston. His Codes are much admired for their philosophy, apparent practicability, and the characteristic wisdom of their provisions, which place their author among the best writers upon legislation, but after thirty years ardent devotion to the subject, he had not the satisfaction of seeing his plans adopted, which proves the futility of attempting to introduce any fundamental changes in the laws of a country, which are found adequate to meet the wants of the people. His writings deserve the attention of lesfislators, and will remain a last- ing monument of his industry, wisdom, and learning. 17 N. A. Rev. 242; (23) 23; Hoff. Leg. Stu. 439 ; Butler's Inaug. Ad. N. Y. Univer- sity, 27 ; 1 U. S. Law Journal, 259 ; 2 Rev. Etran. 208. . A System of Penal Law for the United States of America ; consisting of a Code of Crimes and Punishments, a Code of Procedure in Criminal Cases, a Code of Prison Disci- pline, and a Book of Definitions. Prepared and presented to the House of Representatives, fol. Washington. 1828. . The Criminal Code ; a System of Penal Law, for the State of Louisiana ; consisting of a Code of Crimes and Pun- ishments, a Code of Procedure, a Code of Evidence, a Code of Reform and Prison Discipline, and a Book of Definition. Pre- pared under the Authority of a Law of that State. 8vo. Phi- ladelphia. 1834. 471