Codification in Virginia: Conway Robinson, John Mercer Patton, and the Politics of Law Reform.

The article presents information related to legal reform and social practices in Virginia. A project of legal reform began that culminated in the convening of a constitutional convention in October 1850, referred to as the Reform Convention. In February 1846, the Virginia legislature appointed two attorneys, Conway Robinson and John Mercer Patton, to undertake a project to revise the state's thirty-year-old civil code. Robinson and Patton brought substantial experience to the codification project.