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Arson: Legal Aspects

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Acts Passed at the First Session of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Orleans Begun and Held at the Principal in the City of New-Orleans on Monday the Third Day of December in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand, Eight Hundred and Four and of the Independence of the United States the Twenty-ninth. Published by Authority New-Orleans. Printed by James N. Bradford, Printer to the Territory, 1805.



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CURTIS, ARTHUR F. A Treatise on the Law of Arson, Covering the Decisions of All American States and Territories, and Including Those of England and the British Colonies. Buffalo, N.Y.: Dennis, 1936.

HOPPER, WILLIAM H. "Arson's Corpus Delicti." Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science 47 (1956): 118–130.

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Note. "Arson—Statutory Change of Common Law Requisites." Michigan Law Review 25 (1927): 450–453.

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PANNETON, JOHN. "Federalizing Fires: The Evolving Federal Response to Arson Related Crimes." American Criminal Law Review 23 (1985): 151–206.

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POULOS, JOHN. "The Metamorphosis of the Law of Arson." Missouri Law Review 51 (1986): 295–448.

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