Reprint of first and only edition. Originally published: Philadelphia: T. & J.W. Johnson, 1839. 2 Volumes. XIV, xv, 731;753 pp. With a new introduction by Agustin Parise, Research Associate, Center of Civil Law Studies, Louisiana State University Law Center. * From the series, Foundations of Spanish, Mexican and Civil Law. Warren M. Billings, Distinguished Professor of History, Emeritus, University of New Orleans, and Visiting Professor of Law, William and Mary School of Law, Series Editor. Volume I contains Institutes of the Civil Law of Spain, a translation by Judge Johnson of Trinidad of the Instituciones del Derecho Civil de Castilla by Ignacio Jordan de Asso y del Rio, the mode of acquiring dominion from the Instituciones de Derecho Real de Espana by Jose Maria Alvarez and material reprinted from Laws of the State of Coahuila and Texas and Laws, Orders and Contracts, on Colonization, from January, 1821, up to 1829 edited by Stephen Austin. "White's Laws provides a comprehensive survey of historical and cultural events that developed hand-in-hand with the property law of the southern region of the United States. White's Laws also provides a rich illustration of the understanding that nineteenth-century Americans had of the events that related to property law, and it reflects the efforts that the U.S. government was devoting to the unveiling of the legal systems that had been applied in the region. Spanish- and French-speaking scholars may consult White's Laws when searching for a glossary or for terms that English speakers used. At the same time, English-speaking scholars may examine White's Laws when drafting translations of current documents or when looking at legal institutions that find their origins in foreign jurisdictions and languages. White selected documents that are still of value for scholars and many that were never again published in English. Elements of Spanish, British, French, and American law are spread throughout White's Laws, showing that law and culture evolve together. Thanks to this reprint, new research will be invited and White's Laws will occupy again a paramount position among the rare and scarce sourcebooks of this intriguing area of academic study." --From the Introduction Joseph M. White was a Delegate from the Florida Territory to the U.S. House of Representatives from 1824 to 1837.