Stephan Kinsella, “A Civil Law to Common Law Dictionary,” La. L. Rev 54, no. 5 (May 1994): 1265–1305 (formatted pdf; as published). See also:
- the online Civil Law Dictionary “wiki” based on this article
- “Civil-Law Terminology and its Relation to Common-Law Terminology,” Penn. Bar Ass’n Young Lawyers’ Div’n Newsletter,Vol. 20, No. 2 (Spring 1995), p. 12
- the book based on this article, Gregory W. Rome, Louisiana Civil Law Dictionary (Quid Pro Books, 2011)
This article came about because I was recruited from LSU Law to work in the oil & gas/energy department of Jackson Walker LLP in Houston, partly because Louisiana is a civil law system, unlike the other 49 common law states, and the 
firm’s clients often had mineral properties in Louisiana. Being in Houston, near Louisiana, and being and national and international hub for oil & gas and energy and related law, the firm needed lawyers conversant in Louisiana law as well as Texas common law. So I learned Texas oil & gas law as well. I found myself constantly giving the common law lawyers Louisiana terms for equivalent legal concepts, such as usufruct for easement, and so on, and started collected a list, and finally decided to turn it into a little article.
The article, as well as the book, I think have been very useful. (I ran into a Louisiana law professor last year who recognized my name and said she recommends my dictionary article to her students.) 1
- My Failed Libertarian Speaking Hiatus; Memories of Mises Institute and Other Events, 1988–
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