CHAT: civil law (was Existential clauses)

From:    John Cowan <jcowan@...>
> The civil-law notaire is quite a different thing, and -- except in
> Louisiana and Puerto Rico -- unknown in the U.S.)
Really? Of course Louisiana does not have common law in its state
courts, but PR? I thought all US territories and commonwealths, not
being sovereign like the states, must operate according to Federal,
and thus Common, law.  Or do US commonwealths get special provisions?
What about Guam, which was also under Spanish rule for centuries?

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