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the continuity of all legal traditions and knowledge. 

 The future American jurist who spends a time in France 

 may be assured of finding there the most varied interest, 

 and the most lasting inspiration for the broadening and 

 deepening of his professional studies. 



Instruction in the Universities. It remains to sum- 

 marize the specific resources for university instruction 

 in the chief subjects of general interest. 



Roman Law. The great tradition of ORTOLAN'S name, 

 whose treatise first appeared in 1827 ("Legislation 

 romaine; explication historique des Instituts de Jus- 

 tinien"; i2th ed., 3 vols., 1883), is worthily maintained 

 by a group of distinguished scholars, representing e very- 

 field of Roman law and the most modern methods of 

 archaeological and philological research. Among them 

 may be named these: P. F. GIRARD (Paris), the veteran 

 master, one of the two or three living scholars who re- 

 ceive the world's homage in this field; his "Textes de 

 droit romain" and "Manuel elementaire de droit 

 romain" are handbooks in many countries; APPLETON 

 (Lyon), whose principal work is "La propriete preto- 

 rienne" (2 vols., 1889); CUQ (Paris), author of "Les in- 

 stitutions juridiques des Romains" (2 vols., 1902-1907), 

 who lectures on Roman legal history; JOBBE-DUVAL 

 (Paris), author of "Etudes sur Phistoire de la procedure 

 chez les Romains " (1896), and of essays on the history 

 of Continental procedure, who lectures on the Digest 

 (or Pandects, as the current French usage has it); Au- 

 DIBERT (Paris), also a specialist in the history of 

 Roman law; MEYNIAL (Paris), professor of the history 

 of Roman and French law; MAY (Paris), whose "Ele- 

 ments de droit romain" has gone into its tenth edition; 

 HUVELIN (Lyon), whose "Le Furtum" (vol. I, 1914), 



