Ministry of Justice Law School

Japanese: 司法省法学校 - しほうしょうほうがっこう

A legal education institution established within the Ministry of Justice in the early Meiji period to train judicial officials. The creation of a new legal system following the Meiji Restoration was carried out in the form of adopting the modern legal systems of France and other Western countries, which was also a prerequisite for treaty revision. For this reason, it was essential to train many judicial officials who could understand this modern legal system and actually operate it. The Ministry of Justice, established in 1871 (Meiji 4), was one of the first to open the Meiho-Ryo and its successor, the Ministry of Justice Law School (consisting of a regular course and an accelerated course) within the ministry, and began full-scale legal education to train judicial officials.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

明治初期の司法省内に設けられた司法官養成のための法学教育機関。明治維新にともなう新しい法体制の創出は，条約改正の前提条件とも関連してフランスをはじめとする西欧近代法制度の継受という形で進められた。このためかかる近代法制度を理解し実際の運用にあたる多くの司法官を養成することが不可欠であった。1871年(明治4)に設置された司法省は，いちはやく同省内に明法寮およびその後身としての司法省法学校(正則科と速成科からなる)を開設し，司法官養成のための本格的な法学教育に着手した。

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