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most schools, but in keeping with the tradi tions of the college. Moreover, Keiogijuku has steadily resisted the pressure to join the "Specially Sanctioned Schools," some seven in number, which possess with government colleges, an exemption from conscription, and the exclusive privilege of sending can didates to the civil service examinations. The lack of these privileges is a great handi cap, and keeps away most young men of law-school age. But Keiogijuku has always preferred, like the wolf in the fable, to pur sue its own course free and untrammelled, rather than wear the collar of servitude as the price of feasting upon government fa vors; for in return for these privileges, the Sanctioned Schools must submit to certain paternal restrictions in regard to curricula, personnel, reports, inspection, etc, which in terfere seriously with the discretion of the managers. Another reason is that Keiogi juku College, which would naturally be the great feeder of the university departments, has always sent most of its able graduates, into journalism or commerce, and not into law. A final and most powerful deterrent of patronage is the difficulty of the entrance examinations (judged by the average stu dent attainments). Admission is granted without examination to graduates of the college. All others must pass an examina tion (usually fairly difficult) in Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Physics, Chemistry, Geography, History, English, Chinese, and Japanese Composition. No law school in the country, except the Imperial University, makes such requirements for entrance. With such a high standard, it is of course impossi ble to compete on anything like equal terms with great private law schools, opening their doors freely to those who have little more than a primary-school education. Nor is it desired to enter into such a competition. The aim of the school is to educate com petent men as thoroughly as possible, without regard to numerical success or to popularity with the student community.

The courses of the law department are as follows : — j FIRST YEAR. Hour* per Week. i Civil Code (Property) 4 ! Contracts (ist and 2d Terms), Evidence (3d Term) Torts (ist Term), Property (2d and з<1 Terras), Quasi-Contiacts (3d Term). . Latin i Economics SECOND YEAR. Civil Code (Obligations, Acquisition of Rights, Suretyship and Mortgage) Equity (ist and 2d Terms), Damages (3d Term) Roman Law Civil Procedure Code Criminal Code Criminal Procedure Code ! French' Practical Applications.

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! Commercial Code Jurisprudence International Law Constitutional and Administrative Law. German Practical Applications.

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8. Japan Law School. Less than two years ago, when the Codes nounced that a new school of law was to be established, under the special patronage of the Minister of Justice. The idea seems to have been to devote the instruction in this school entirely to Japanese law as such, and not to treat of foreign systems by name. It is planned to lecture upon Japanese Cus tomary Law; but the course is assigned to the third year, and the school is as yet only in the second year of its existence. The new institution has a distinct official flavor. All the highest functionaries have been pressed into service. The President of the Supreme Court (Kajima), the ex-President (Ozaki), the President of the Adminis
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