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Line 149: In [[Mauritius]], the Civil Code, which originates from the Napoleonic Code, represents an important primary source of law and provides for the rights of individuals, matrimonial regimes, contract law, and property law, amongst others.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.mauritiuscounsel.com/mauritian-legal-system/ \| title=The Mauritian Legal System \| date=January 2018 }}</ref> The French Civil Code was extended to Mauritius under the title ''Code Napoléon'' by decree of [[Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen]], ''Capitaine-General'', on 21 April 1808.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=electronic \|url=https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/88152/114145/F-172904586/MUS88152%20Fre.pdf \|website=www.ilo.org}}</ref> The Code was modified and embodied in Chapter 179 of the Revised Laws of Mauritius 1945, edited by Sir Charlton Lane, former Chief Justice of Mauritius. The 1808 decree was repealed by Act 9 of 1983, but the Revision of Laws Act which was enacted in 1974, made provision, in section 7, for the publication of the Code under the title "Code Civil Mauricien."<ref>[https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/88152/114145/F-172904586/MUS88152%20Fre.pdf Code Civil Mauricien]</ref> In the United States, the legal system is largely based on [[English law\|English common law]]. But the state of [[Louisiana]] is unique in having a strong influence from French and Spanish legal traditions on ~~its~~ [[Louisiana Civil Code\|its civil code]]. Spanish and French colonial forces quarreled over Louisiana during most of the 1700s, with Spain ultimately ceding the territory to France in 1800, which in turn [[Louisiana Purchase\|sold the territory to the United States]] in 1803.<ref>{{Cite web\|url = http://go.galegroup.com.libezp.lib.lsu.edu/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CCX3446900575&v=2.1&u=lln_alsu&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w&asid=be47621d0f52559f686e81e7fc83d650\|title = Napoleonic Code\|date = 2006\|access-date = 17 Feb 2016\|website = Gale Virtual Reference Library\|publisher = Charles Scribner's Sons\|last = Bonfield\|first = Lloyd}}</ref> The [[Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution\|10th Amendment]] to the U.S. Constitution grants states control of laws not specifically given to the federal government, so Louisiana's legal system retains many French elements. Examples of the practical legal differences between Louisiana and the other states include the [[Bar examination\|bar exam]] and legal standards of practice for attorneys in Louisiana being significantly different from other states; Louisiana is the only U.S. state to practice [[Forced heirship\|forced inheritance]] of an estate; additionally, some of Louisiana's laws clash with the [[Uniform Commercial Code]] practiced by the other 49 states.<ref>Engber, Daniel. [http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2005/09/louisianas_napoleon_complex.html Is Louisiana Under Napoleonic Code?] Slate.com, retrieved 11 September 2014</ref> ==References==

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