Debating the Field Civil Code 105 Years Late

Authors

Andrew P. Morriss, Texas A&M University School of LawFollow
Scott J. Burnham
James C. Nelson

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-2000

Journal Title

Montana Law Review

ISSN

0026-9972

Abstract

In 1895, Montana adopted a version of the Field Civil Code--a massive law originally drafted by New York lawyer David Dudley Field in the early 1860s. The Civil Code (and its companion Political, Penal, and Procedural Codes) were adopted without debate, without legislative scrutiny, and without Montanans having an opportunity to grasp the enormity of the changes the Codes brought to the Montana legal system. In sponsoring this debate over whether to repeal the Civil Code, the Montana Law Review is finally giving Montana the opportunity to examine the merits of the Civil Code that she was denied 105 years ago.

First Page

371

Volume Number

61

Publisher

Montana State University Law School Association

Recommended Citation

Andrew P. Morriss, Scott J. Burnham & James C. Nelson, Debating the Field Civil Code 105 Years Late, 61 Mont. L. Rev. 371 (2000).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.tamu.edu/facscholar/172