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Edward Livingston (May 28, 1764 – May 23, 1836) was an American jurist, statesman and slaveholder. [1] He was an influential figure in the drafting of the Louisiana Civil Code of 1825, a civil code based largely on the Napoleonic Code. [2]
Edward Livingston (26 de mayo de 1764 - 23 de mayo de 1836) fue un prominente jurista y estatista estadounidense. Fue una figura influyente en la elaboración del Código Civil de Luisiana de 1825, un código basado largamente en el Código Napoleónico. [1]
Edward Livingston. Prominente jurista y estatista estadounidense. Fue una figura influyente en la elaboración del Código Civil de Luisiana de 1825 , un código basado largamente en el Código Napoleónico.
Livingston practiced law in New York City for ten years; he then was elected as a New York representative to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Congresses. Livingston belonged to the Democrat-Republican faction that opposed George Washington’s and John Adams’s federalist policies.
With the introduction of Edward Livingston’s 1833 consular reform bill to Congress, the nation embarked on a long path toward the modernization of its consular service in line with the powers of Europe and the new American republics.
EDWARD LIVINGSTON (1764-1836), American jurist and statesman, was born in Clermont, Columbia county, New York, on the 26th of May 1764. He was a great-grandson of Robert Livingston, the first of the family to settle in America (see Livingston, William, below).
Although Edward Livingston is justly renowned as a reformer of the criminal law, his prominence in the history of the move- ment to abolish capital punishment remains little appreciated.
