Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spanish law state

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 07:33, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spanish law state

I do not believe that the concept of a "Spanish law state" is real. The topic is found nowhere else on the Internet (except in mirrors of this article and in Wikipedia indexing services).[1]. As further evidence, the text was dumped into the article in one go by User:Say100 who has no other edits. I suspect that the creation of this article is a subtle form of vandalism. Omphaloscope » talk 14:05, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. Any valuable information belongs at the article civil law (legal system) which we already have. Not familiar with the term "Spanish law state," in a US context. Cultural references to civil law systems talk about the Napoleonic Code more than they do Spanish law. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo required the USA to give effect to land claims founded on Mexican law, but did not require adoption of a civil law system generally. AFAIK no state other than Louisiana has a civil law based legal system. If Oregon has one, it's news to me. Smerdis of Tlön 14:37, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete reeks of WP:HOAX. And Smerdis of Tlön is correct, Louisiana is the only US state to base its legal system on the civil law system, which was based on Franch law, not Spain.-- danntm ^T _C 14:45, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete — hoax, google has nothing American Patriot 1776 18:48, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

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