1892-Apr-02
1892-Apr-02: The Société de Législation was formally founded to reform the country’s legal codes to better align with local customs.
1892-Apr-02: The Société de Législation was formally founded to reform the country’s legal codes to better align with local customs. Its members believed that the mechanical imitation of French laws had contributed to the nation’s political instability.
Source · p. 290
Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 290