the schools, a course in Political Science forms part of the Law Department, and the law students proper in 1891 numbered only 227. These were divided among the classes as follows : — ist year.
Division A (English Law) .52 „ В (French Law) . . 17 „ С (German Law) . . 14
3d year.
3d year.
44 18 12
29 30 11
The department is divided into two sections, — a principal and a special section. The former embraces all courses dealing with the Codes and other laws of Japan, as well as a few other subjects. The latter is in three divisions, of English, French, and German law respectively, one of which every student must elect. This arrangement was made only last August. For some years there were two sections devoted exclusively to English and French law respectively, and in 1888 a German section was added; but the new plan has been rendered necessary by the promulgation of the Codes. It is a part of the plan to extend the course to four years in all.1 By the new arrangement the curriculum comprises the following courses :
SECOND YEAR. Hours per Week.
Civil Code, Book II., Part II. (Obligations) . Criminal Procedure Code Elements of Civil Code Constitutional Law Public International Law Practical Applications of Principles. (a) English Division. Property Commercial Law . (b) French Division. General Principles (f) German Divisipn. Pandects ... Private Law
4 3 2 3 2
2 4 4 3 2
THIRD YEAR. Civu Code, (i) Book III. (Acqusition of Rights) (2) Book IV. (Suretyship and Mortgage) . . . . (3) Book V. (Proof) .... (4) Book I. (Persons) ... Elements of Civil Code Administrative Law Practical Applications.
3 2 2 2 z 4
FOURTH YEAR.
FIRST YEAR. Hours per Week
General Principles i Civil Code, Book II., Part I. (Property) . 3 Criminal Code 4 Roman Law 4 Elements of Civil Code 2 (a) English Division. Contracts 4 Torts 2 (¿) French Division. General Principles 4 (f) German Division. History of German Law .... 2 Pandects 3 1 The students already on the rolls will graduate at the end of their third year, and the courses of the fourth year will therefore not be given on the new plan for three years to come. The course there included on " The History of the f apáñese Legal System." even if it is intended to deal with the private law of Tokugawa times, is thus as yet on paper only; and the statement above as to the lack of instruction in native Japanese law is not affected by it.
Commercial Code Civil Procedure Private International Law . . . . Jurisprudence Criminal Law History of the Japanese Legal System . Practical Applications. (<?) English Division. Equity (У) French Division. Civil and Commercial Codes . . History of French Law .... (f) German Division. Constitutional and Administrative Law Bankruptcy
5 4 3 2 2 2
The Chief Professor, or Dean of the Law Faculty, is Mr. Tomii Seisho, a French doc tor of laws, Laureate of the Faculty of Lyons. The previous incumbent was Mr. Hatoyama Kazuo, a D.C.L. of Yale College, who has
