Le droit louisianais, un gombo qui s’offre en partage
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2021
Abstract
Gumbo is an emblematic Louisiana creole dish in which solid ingredients such as chicken, duck, sausage or seafood, simmer in a roux of flour and fat, in which you can also find vegetables and spices, and which is served by being poured on rice. If the roux is a mixture, the other ingredients remain identifiable, their natural taste being however modified by the interpenetration of flavors. Symbol of Juris Diversitas, the gumbo is a powerful metaphor of the cultural mix that characterizes Louisiana. Extended to law, it allows us to understand how this state of the southern United States, heir to French and then Spanish colonization, was able to adopt a civil code while adopting common law in all other matters, and to entrust the development of law to a judicial system that operates mostly in the same manner as in the neighboring states.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
The Language of Law and Food: Metaphors of Recipes and Rules
First Page
21
Last Page
38
Recommended Citation
Moréteau, O. (2021). Le droit louisianais, un gombo qui s’offre en partage. The Language of Law and Food: Metaphors of Recipes and Rules, 21-38. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003159599-4
