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Ilosianum at Braunsberg (9 teachers and al)out forty students), which has only faculties of theology (Roman Catholic) and philosophy.
The following table gives the number of teachers for the summer half-year 1898, and the number of students for the winter half-year 1897-98.
Professors
Students
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Teachers
Tlieology
Jurisprudence
Medicine
Philosophy 2,150
Total 5,935
Berlin .
372
441
1,984
1,360
Bonn
147
304
409
264
694
1,671
Breslau .
164
324
443
345
385
1,497
Erlangen
68
240
182
434
112
1,068
Freiburg
115
218
249
392
214
1,073
Giessen .
72
58
236
224
156
674
Gottingen
123
137
336
236
445
1,154
Greifswald
91
209
167
293
87
756
Halle .
144
411
346
265
584
1,606
Heidelberg
147
54
340
203
487
1,084
Jena
96
35
158
198
241
632
Kiel
102
61
125
263
181
580
Konigsberg
113
67
211
235
171
684
Leipzig .
208
348
1,032
724
1,173
3,277
Marburg .
100
110
229
249
320
908
Miinchen
180
152
1,145
1,396
1,124
3,817
Miinster .
48
315
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211
526
Rostock .
49
30
119
106
196
451
Strassburg
137
82
335
329
320
1,066
Tiibingen
98
409
441
255
121
1,226
Wiirzburg
101
146
249
742
288
1,425
There were besides a certain number of non-matriculated students — the majority, 4,270, at the University of Berlin,
In four universities, namely, Freiburg, Miinchen, Miinster, and "Wiirzburg, the faculties of theology are Roman Catholic ; three are mixed, both Pro- testant and Roman Catholic — Bonn, Breslau, and Tiibingen ; and the remain- ing fourteen are Protestant.
Justice and Crime.
In terms of Judicature Acts in 1877 and 1879 a uniform system of law courts was adopted throughout the Empire not later than January 1, 1879, though, with the exception of the Reichsgericht, all courts are directly subject to the Government of the special State in which they exercise jurisdiction, and not to the Imperial Government. The appointment of the judges is also a State and not an Imperial function. The Empire enjoys uniform codes of commercial and criminal law, and the civil code of August 18, 1896, will come into force on January 1, 1900.
The lowest courts of first instance are the Amtsgerichte, each with a single judge, competent to try petty civil and criminal cases. There was on January 1 ,
