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The large number of distinguished French scholars in 

 this field, the richness of the literature, and the excep- 

 tional library facilities, especially in Paris, easily make 

 the University of Paris the most important center of the 

 world for the study of international law. 



In the field of Colonial Administration and Legislation, 

 French interest and scholarship are scarcely less pre- 

 eminent, and the literature is extensive. In this field 

 GIRAULT and LARCHER are the two leading authorities. 

 It may be mentioned in this connection that there is a 

 special school at Paris for the training of young men for 

 careers in the colonial service. At Bordeaux there is a 

 Colonial Institute; at Aix-Marseille, a School of Colonial 

 Medicine and Pharmacy; at Nancy, a Colonial Institute. 



In Legal History, the researches of the French have 

 been especially noteworthy, and the literature in this 

 field is extensive in quantity and unexcelled in quality. 

 Among the more recent French scholars who have made 

 notable contributions along this line may be mentioned 



FUSTEL DE COULANGES, LUCHAIRE, GLASSON, DARESTE, 



PLANIOL, CHENON, GARRAUD, and LEFEBVRE. Naturally 

 the French have given much attention to the study of 

 Roman law, as is testified by the treatises of ORTOLAN, 

 GIRARD, GIDE, GERARDIN, GIRAUD, CUQ, APPLETON, 

 MAY, AUDIBERT, HUVELIN, and others. On the theory 

 and philosophy of law there are likewise numerous treatises 

 of a scholarly character, among which may be mentioned 

 the writings of LARNAUDE, GENY, DUGUIT, LAMBERT, 

 MICHOUD, HAURIOU, SALEILLES, and DEMOGUE. The 

 most comprehensive treatise on the history of political 

 theory in any language is JANET'S "Histoire de la science 

 politique dans ses rapports avec la morale" (2 vols.), a 

 work which not only bears the ear-marks of erudition 

 but is written in a style at once clear and fascinating. 



