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FIRST YEAK. Contracts. Torts. Agency. Partnership. Hailments. Domestic Relations. Criminal Law (Eng. and Jap.). Logic. Constitutional Law (Jap.). 18 hours.

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Civil Code (Property). Civil Code (Obligations). Civil Code (Persons). Criminal Code. Criminal Procedure Code. Roman Law. Commercial Code. Constitulional Law. Logic. Contracts. Torts. 25 hours.

SicoNi' YEAR. Sales. Personal Property. Contracts. Evidence. Corporations. Bills and Notes. Shipping. Criminal Procedure (Jap. and Eng.). Constitutional Law (Jap.). Administrative Law. Roman Law. Practical Cases. 22 hours.

Civil Code (Acquis, of Rights). Civil Code (Proof). Commercial Code. Civil Procedure Code. Criminal Procedure Code. Roman Law. General Principles. Evidence (Eng.). Commercial LawfEng.). Administrative Law. Practical Cases. 33 hours.

THIRD YEAR. International Law (Public). International Law (Private). Jurisprudence (Kng. ). Roman Law. Administrative Law. Constitutional Law. Moot Courts, 20 hours.

Civil Code (Surety and Mortg.). Commercial Code. Civil Code (Acquis, of Rights.). International Г .aw (Pubhe). International Law ( Pri vate). Roman Law. Jurisprudence (Eng.). Equitv. Administrative Law. Practical Cases. 28 hours.

In the requirements for admission there has been a decline. In 1889 the examina tions (for those not possessing Middle School or equivalent diplomas) were upon Geogra phy, History (universal). Arithmetic, Alge bra, and Geometry. The only subjects now set are Arithmetic, Japanese Composition, and Chinese. The entrance fee is one yen, and the monthly dues are one yen. The tuition in English law is chiefly in the

hands of Mr. Hijikata, already mentioned in connection with the Imperial University. Among the most noted of the staff are Messrs. K. Matsuno (judge of the Tokyo Superior Court), Yamada Kannosuke (exAttorney-General of the Empire and now Manager), Hozumi Nobushige (former Dean of the Imperial University, Law Depart ment), Yezi Chu (a Councillor of the Home Department), and Kikuchi Takeo (a gradu ate of Boston University Law School, since Secretary of the Judicial Department, and now President of the school). 6. Franco-Japanese Law School. By 1886 there had come into existence, outside of the Imperial University, special schools devoted to the study of the English and the German legal systems in the ver nacular literature. The adherents of French law were not satisfied with this condition of things, and in 1887 an association was or ganized to establish and support a school offering equal facilities for the study of French law. The plan adopted was similar to that of the German Law School; and Im perial and aristocratic patronage has assured the success of the new institution. It might have been expected that the founders could act to better effect by influencing the meth ods of the Meiji Law School, which had al ways been under French control. But it seems that the managers of the latter were conservative in tendency, and did not desire to alter their methods; and the result was the creation of a new institution. The num ber of students at the opening was 40. To day the books show 600, with an average attendance of 300. In 1890 the graduates numbered 100; in 1891, 53. Here, as in the German School, instruc tion by foreigners is a specialty. M. Boissonade ('the author of the Civil Code) is Dean; M. Reirlliod (of the Imperial Uni versity), and M. Paternastro (a legal ad viser to the government), also lecture. The best-known Japanese lecturers (the working staff numbers fifteen) are Messrs. Terao,