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international public law, HAURIOU, in administrative law, 

 THOMAS and DCLAREUIL, in legal history, and CEZAR- 

 BRU, in economic legislation. 



Non-university Instruction. Aside from the Univer- 

 sities, there are in France a number of private institutions 

 which make a specialty of instruction in the political and 

 economic sciences. The more important of these are of 

 course in Paris, and include the ficole Libre des Sciences 

 Politiques; the ficole des Hautes Etudes Sociales; the 

 College Libre des Sciences Politiques; and the ficole de 

 Legislation professionelle. The University of Lyon also 

 maintains an Institut des Sciences ficonomiques et 

 Politiques; there are also Instituts Coloniaux at Bordeaux 

 and Nancy for training young men for the colonial 

 service. Finally, there is an Bcole des Hautes fitudes 

 Commerciales at Paris and Institutes for the study of 

 commerce at Paris, Grenoble, and Nancy. 



Of the above mentioned schools the best known is the 

 ficole Libre des Sciences Politiques at Paris. It was 

 founded by the late fimile BOUTMY, who was its first 

 Director. It is now in its forty-fifth year, and is under 

 the direction of M. EICHTHAL of the Institute. It offers a 

 great variety of courses in the administrative sciences, 

 public finance, political and social economy, international, 

 public and private law and diplomacy, and diplomatic 

 history. Students and auditors are admitted to the 

 lectures without examination, and there is no age require- 

 ment for attendance. The course normally runs through 

 three years, and a diploma is granted upon the comple- 

 tion of the course. The corps of instruction is composed 

 of a large number of distinguished scholars of Paris, 

 including many of the professors of the University of 

 Paris, members of the Council of State, members of 

 Parliament, government officials, etc. The school issues 



