明治41年（1908年）、同郷の井上友一に誘われ内務省地方局事務嘱託となり、地方改良運動に関わった。同運動の拡大と共に内閣嘱託となり、有職故実の知識を買われ、神社の叙位昇叙、詔勅の起草、大喪の礼、即位の礼等に携わった。特に国民精神作興ニ関スル詔書は犀東が中心に起草したもので、三笠宮崇仁親王の幼名も犀東の命名による。明治42年（1909年）頃四谷区永住町2番地、明治43年（1910年）頃元鮫河橋町59番地、明治45年（1912年）頃は南町12番地に居住している。大正の元号勧申案を作成し、また昭和改元時には内閣案として立成・定業・光文・章明・協中の候補を提出し、光文案が外部に漏れて光文事件が起こった。大正9年（1920年）、史蹟名勝天然紀念物保存法の制定に際し、宮内省の助成で西欧へ視察旅行を行った。ロンドンではネーヴィホテルに滞在して駒井権之助を介し地元の詩人と交流し、またフランスでは東洋学者エドゥアール・シャヴァンヌの本を購入した。摂政時代の昭和天皇の大正11年（1922年）四国行啓、大正12年（1923年）台湾行啓時には、漢詩を教えていた徳川頼倫の伝で宮内省御用掛に任じられ、記録の作成に携わった。戦前は渋谷区栄通一丁目34番地に住んでいたが、晩年は千葉県君津郡竹岡村（富津市竹岡）に疎開した。昭和25年（1950年）2月27日死去し、神奈川県鎌倉市円覚寺に葬られた。
卒業前に中退して新潟市で新聞記者となった。明治33年（1900年）恐らく内藤湖南の推薦により台北市に渡り、台湾日報に勤めた。当時の台湾は治安が悪く、剣潭古寺前の基隆河上で月見中銃撃に見舞われ、また潜伏中の孫文に軍資金を請われ、台湾総督に掛け合ったが拒まれたため、台湾銀行の一柳の融通を受けたという。半年程で本土に帰り、博文館で長く太陽主筆を務め、また同社から歴史本や詩集を刊行した。博文館退職後は万朝報、毎日電報に勤めた。毎日浅草区橋場の自宅から有楽町までタキという車夫の人力車で通勤したという。
明治6年（1873年）、石川県石川郡金沢城下（金沢市竪町）の左官職鹿島家に生まれた。初名は長松。後に旧金沢藩士国府家の養子となり、国府種徳と称する。金沢の竪町小学校に進むと、上級生には泉鏡花、徳田秋声、小倉正恒、井上友一、清水澄、藤岡作太郎がおり、彼らと交流しながら『南総里見八犬伝』、『洗心洞箚記』、『伝習録』、広瀬淡窓漢詩等を読んだ。11歳の時、金沢の禅寺の僧に漢詩を学び、碁石を並べて平仄を覚えた。地元の旧制第四高等学校を卒業後、東京帝国大学法科大学政治学科に進み、洋行帰りの一木喜徳郎に国法学を学んだ。また、京都大徳寺の菅広州、鎌倉円覚寺の釈宗演？に参禅した。
Pre-1987, Indian legal education was traditionally offered as a three years graduate degree. Today, law degrees in India are granted and conferred in terms of the Advocates Act, 1961, which is a law passed by the Parliament both on the aspect of legal education and also regulation of conduct of legal profession. Under the Act, the Bar Council of India is the supreme regulatory body to regulate the legal profession in India and also to ensure the compliance of the laws and maintenance of professional standards by the legal profession in the country.To this regard, the Bar Council of India prescribes the minimum curriculum required to be taught in order for an institution to be eligible for the grant of a law degree. The Bar Council also carries on a period supervision of the institutions conferring the degree and evaluates their teaching methodology and curriculum and having determined that the institution meets the required standards, recognizes the institution and the degree conferred by it.Traditionally the degrees that were conferred carried the title of LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws) or B.L. (Bachelor of Law). The eligibility requirement for these degrees was that the applicant already have a Bachelor's degree in any subject from a recognized institution. Thereafter the LL.B. / B.L. course was for three years, upon the successful completion of which the applicant was granted either degree.However upon the suggestion by the Law Commission of India and also given the prevailing cry for reform the Bar Council of India instituted upon an experiment in terms of establishing specialized law universities solely devoted to legal education and thus to raise the academic standards of legal profession in India. This decision was taken somewhere in 1985 and thereafter the first law University in India was set up in Bangalore which was named as the National Law School of India University (popularly 'NLS'). These law universities were meant to offer a multi-disciplinary and integrated approach to legal education. It was therefore for the first time that a law degree other than LL.B. or B.L. was granted in India. NLS offered a five years law course upon the successful completion of which an integrated degree with the title of "B.A., LL.B. (Honours)" would be granted.Thereafter other law universities were set up, all offering five years integrated law degree with different nomenclature. The next in line was National Law Institute University set up in Bhopal in 1997. It was followed by NALSAR university of law set up in 1998. The National Law University, Jodhpur offered for the first time in 2001 the integrated law degree of "B.B.A, LL.B. (Honours)" which was preceded by the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences offering the "B.Sc., LL.B. (Honours)" degree. The Prestigious M.S. University has also started Baroda School of Legal Studies since 2005, which also offers 5 years integrated law course. It has a uniqueness of having computer applications and yoga & stress management as subjects. Another achievement in this field was the setting up of National Law University, Delhi (Official Website) at New Delhi, the first national law school of the capital.However despite these specialized law universities, the traditional three year degree continues to be offered in India by other institutions and are equally recognized as eligible qualifications for practicing law in India. Another essential difference that remains is that while the eligibility qualification for the three year law degree is that the applicant must already be a holder of a Bachelor's degree, for being eligible for the five years integrated law degree, the applicant must have successfully completed Class XII from a recognized board of education in India.Both the holders of the three year degree and of the five year integrated degree are eligible for enrollment with the Bar Council of India upon the fulfillment of eligibility conditions and upon enrollment, may appear before any court in India.However with effect from December 2010 all fresh law graduates or those who have already cleared their law graduation but have not yet enrolled with the bar council must clear a bar examination to be entitled to practice before courts or tribunals in India.