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university were enrolled in the Faculty of Law. Viewed, 

 therefore, from the number of students enrolled, the 

 great variety of courses offered, and the number of dis- 

 tinguished professors, the Law Faculty of Paris leads 

 that of all other universities. It may be justly regarded 

 as the most important center of the world for the study 

 of public law, and political science. Among the most 

 distinguished scholars who compose the Faculty of Law 

 may be mentioned BERTHELEMY and JACQUELIN in ad- 

 ministrative law; BARTHELEMY in constitutional and ad- 

 ministrative law; JEZE in administrative law and public 

 finance; LARNAUDE in constitutional law; FLACH in com- 

 parative legislation; THALLER and LYON-CAEN in com- 

 mercial and maritime law; RENAULT, LAPRADELLE, 

 PILLET, and PIEDELIEVRE in international public law; 

 WEISS in international private law; FOURNIER and 

 LEFEBVRE in legal history; GIDE and FAURE in Econom- 

 ics; not to mention the names of GIRARD, CAPITANT, 

 CUQ, GAR^ON, PLANIOL, LE POITTEVIN, TISSIER, and others, 

 whose subjects fall more distinctly in the field of private 

 law. 



Closely connected with the University of Paris is the 

 ancient College de France, founded in 1530, which now 

 maintains forty-five chairs, among the occupants of 

 which may be mentioned Paul LEROY-BEAULIEU in 

 economics and FLACH in comparative legal history. 



The library facilities for the study of political science, 

 public law, and economics in Paris are unsurpassed. The 

 library of the Faculty of Law contains 80,000 volumes, 

 and 352 seats are provided in the reading room for 

 students. The College de France has a library of 10,000 

 volumes reserved for the use of professors, besides eleven 

 special libraries. There are also many special but ex- 

 tensive collections in the city of Paris which are available 

 to students. Among these may be mentioned the library 



