Hargrave, W. Lee 1943-

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HARGRAVE, W. Lee 1943-

PERSONAL: Born March 15, 1943, in Morse, LA; son of Philip (an irrigation canal manager) and Flavie (Thibodeaux) Hargrave; married Carolyn Hooper (a professor), July 8, 1972; children: Michel Hooper, Aleah Carolyn. Ethnicity: "Cajun." Education: Louisiana State University, B.A.J., 1964, J.D., 1967. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Roman Catholic.

ADDRESSES: Home—515 Carriage Way, Baton Rouge, LA 70808. Offıce—Louisiana State University Law School, Baton Rouge, LA 70803. E-mail— [email protected].

CAREER: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, professor of law, 1967-2000.


MEMBER: American Law Institute, Louisiana State Law, Order of the Coif (secretary, Louisiana chapter), Mystic Krewe of Achilles.


WRITINGS:


Louisiana Criminal Law: Cases and Materials, Louisiana State University Law Center Publications, 1980, ninth edition, 1997.

Louisiana Civil Law Property: Cases and Materials, Louisiana State University Law Center Publications, 1985, fourth edition, 1995.

(With Spaht) Louisiana Matrimonial Regimes (volume 16, "Louisiana Civil Law Treatise" series), West, 1989, second edition, 1997.

(With Spaht) Louisiana Matrimonial Regimes: Cases and Materials, Louisiana State University Law Center Publications, 1991, third edition, 1996.

The Louisiana State Constitution: A Reference Guide, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 1991.

Contributor of articles to law journals, including Louisiana Law Review.

WORK IN PROGRESS: A history of the Louisiana State University Law School; research on "limitations on pledge or donation of state property and state credit."


SIDELIGHTS: W. Lee Hargrave told CA: "I will soon retire from law teaching and then try to write about broader, non-law topics."