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scholars to scientific literature surpass in lucidity, order- 

 liness of arrangement, and attractiveness of style, those 

 of any other nation. It may be seriously doubted whether 

 any other country at present has a larger group of distin- 

 guished authorities or a richer literature in the fields of in- 

 ternational law and administrative science. 



In more recent years the literature of Constitutional 

 Law has been enriched by the scholarly contributions of 

 SALEILLES, ESMEIN, LARNAUDE, JEZE, DUGUIT, HAURIOU, 

 MOREAU, BARTHELEMY, BERTHELEMY, and others, all of 

 whom (except the first two) are still active. ESMEIN, who 

 died in 1913, was recognized as the highest authority on 

 French constitutional law and legal history. His works 

 are many, the best known being his "Histoire du droit 

 franc, ais" and his "Elements de droit constitutionnel 

 frangais et compare." The latter is recognized in France 

 as the standard treatise; it has gone through many edi- 

 tions, and is well known in America. Of the living scholars 

 in this field, DUGUIT, professor in the University of Bor- 

 deaux, occupies the first place among the French authori- 

 ties on political science and constitutional law. His best 

 known works are his "Traite de droit constitutionnel" 

 (2 vols.), "Les transformations du droit public," "fitudes 

 de droit public" (2 vols.), and "Le droit social"; the 

 first mentioned work is one of the most valuable treatises 

 on comparative constitutional law and government to be 

 found in any language, and for the study of the French 

 constitution it is indispensable. 



In the field of Administrative Science and Administra- 

 tive Law, French scholars have long excelled those of 

 other countries. The older treatises of CORMENIN 

 ("Questions de droit administratif," 2 vols., 1822), 

 SERRIGNY ("Traite de droit public des Franc.ais," 2 vols., 



