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Did You Know!

Louisiana is the only U.S. state that still uses a legal system based on civil law instead of English common law.

Because of its French and Spanish colonial history, Louisiana’s laws are rooted in the Napoleonic Code, not the British legal traditions used by the other 49 states. That’s why Louisiana doesn’t have “counties” — it has parishes — and why property, inheritance, and family law can work very differently there.

Even many lifelong residents don’t realize that Louisiana’s courts literally operate under a different legal philosophy than the rest of the country, making it a true legal outlier in the U.S.