Evening star., 1926-09-05
NATIONAL OFFERS
CANON LAW COURSE
Dr.. Charles P. Sherman, For
merIy of Yale Faculty, viii
Teach New Subject.

National University Law School will
offer In the Fall term. which opens
October /, a new course in canon law.
This subject was added to the curric-
ulum to supplement the courses in
Roman law and the evolution OF mod
ern civil law in giving advanced stu.
dents a greater field in. the study OF
Jurisprudence as a science. The facul-
ty, in instituting the course. did SO
with a view to teaching not only the
development Of this branch Of law and
it's past Importance. but also to create
a more general knowledge of its pres.
ent vital effects.
In many modern nations which do
not have a government based on the
common law canon law has great au.
thority, and many problems constant
ly are arising in many countries that
cannot be understood and dealt with
unless the lawyer has a thorough
knowledge OF this branch of juris-
prudence. 1t also has distinct bear
ing on the development OF many
phases of Anglo-American law.
Former Yale Man Is Teacher.
DIR. Charles P. Sherman, formerly
professor of law at Yale University
and an outstanding authority on Jaw
and public problems, will be professor
Of canon law at the Law School this
year. DR.. Sherman has made many
Important contributions to legal SCI
ence and is the author OF monu'
mental work on Roman Law III the
Modern World" which has been pub.
lished in three-volume edition:
The courses which supplement
canon law, Roman law and the evo'
luton OF modern civil law VIII pe
under Judge Charles s. Lobingier.
who was formerly United States judge
in China and the Philippine Islands.
Among other important courses to
be offered in the Graduate School OF
the university this Fall will be those
Of Justice c. II. Robb on admiralty
law, Prof. Clinton Robb on the Fed
eral Trade Commission, Prof. Robert
son on patent law, DIR. A. III. Putney
on jurisprudence and legal history,
Prof Davis ON auditing and legal ac'
counting, Prof. Anderson on govern
ment contracts and claims, Prof. Nc
Cawley on Federal tax laws.
Review Studies Announced.
The Fall number Of the National
University Law Review, which Is now
being prepared. will contain an ex-
tensive study by Dean Charles Per.
gler Of the School of Economics and
Government on Sovereignty and In
dependence in International Law Ju-
dicialIv Interpretated," and an arti-
Gle by Eugene r. Began on "The Pat
ent Authorities on the Subject OF IN
vention.'
Dean Pergler's essay is a review OF
certain problems of international law
as they have been interpreted and ex-
planned by the American judiciary,
and therefore arising in actual prac-
tice and litigation. Mr.. Bogan's essay
will be of value not only to patent at
torneys, but to all who are interested
in the legal protection Of creative
mental labor and its products.
The Review also vii, contain di.
gest Of many recent important legal
decisions.
Enrolment Is Heavy.
The registration in both the Law
School and the School Of Economics
and Government is far ahead of last
years. Many Of those enrolling are
former service men who, by recent
act of Congress, have been granted
additional time to take advantage of
the vocational training facilities Of.
| fered by the Government. Many of
these men were prevented by conf1ne.
| nent to hospitals until recently from
enrolling as vocational training stu.
dents shortly after the close of the
war.
Since the act was first passed by
Congress National University has had
more than 200 vocational training stu.
| dents, and the last oI the earlier stu
! dents finished their courses in the
Summer classes this year. At the last
term last Spring about 90 former dis
abled service men were registered In
! the Law School and the School OF
| Business Administration and Govern
| ment, as it was then named.