JOUSSE (Daniel) New commentary on the civil ordinance... Lot 40

JOUSSE (Daniel)] New commentary on the civil ordinance of April 1667. New edition increased with the Idea of the Civil Justice. Paris, Debure père 1757. 2 vols. in-12°. Full marbled basane binding. Spine with 5 nerves decorated with gilt fleurons and fillets. The Code Louis is the name given to the "ordonnances sur la réformation de la justice civile et criminelle" of 1666 and 1670, in honour of King Louis XIV. It is the standardization of the laws and jurisdictions of the kingdom, of which the South was of "Roman" law and the North of customary law. It was developed under the direction of Colbert from 1661. The commentary on this legal revolution is the work of a renowned jurist, Daniel Jousse.