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History of Legal Education

The need for legal education in Pondicherry was felt as early in the year 1838,and by Arrete, Dated: 15 June 1838, the governor authorized the Procureur Generale to start courses in law relating to the Five Codes, Viz., in Civil Code, Penal code, Commercial code, code of the civil procedure and code of Criminal…
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French Legal Education

The law school was re-organized in the year 1918 by Arrete, dated 8th April 1918. The following measures were taken. The course ceased to be free. It was decided to pay an honorarium to the professors. In examinations, the system of allocation of marks was introduced.For being declared to have passed…
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Today Legal Education

The institutions in now imparting instructions not only at the undergraduate level but in four branches at the postgraduate level, i.e., Branch-1: Labor and Administrative Law, Branch-2: Criminal and Torts, Branch-3: International Law and Constitution Law and Human Right law,Branch-4: Business Law..
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