PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - JM Pena
AU  - R Franklin
AU  - Thompson JW, Jr
AU  - F Minyard
AU  - C Carbin
TI  - The influence of French, Spanish, and English legal traditions on early mental health proceedings in Louisiana
DP  - 2003 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 345--353
VI  - 31
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/31/3/345.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/31/3/345.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2003 Sep 01; 31
AB  - Unlike other jurisdictions in the United States where the basis of the law can be traced more exclusively to the common law of England, the legal system in Louisiana also has origins in the laws of France and Spain. In this article, the authors describe the laws and procedures that developed early in Louisiana's history for the involuntary care and civil commitment of the mentally ill, focusing on the laws that were passed after the American takeover in 1803.