List of transactions, v. 1-41 in v. 41.

Excerpt from Transactions of Asiatic Society of Japan, Vol. 34: 1906-1907 In laying before the Society a translation of the Magister ial Code of the Hojo Power-holders, it is desirable that it should be prefaced by a statement of the position which this enactment occupies in the field of Japan's legislative develop ment and also by a brief account of the circumstances under which it came to be enacted. To this may be added a summary of its contents and a word or two as to the bibliography of the subject. Anything I may have to say by way of sociological and j ural comment must be reserved for another occasion. The whole of the statute law of old Japan, including both the theocratic and the feudal periods, from the consolidation of the state in the seventh century of our era to near the close of the Tokugawa period in the nineteenth, has been comprised in one octavo volume of less than a thousand pages, entitled [vi/ton Kodai Helm, the Ancient Statute Laws of Japan, edited by Mr. Hagino and three collaborateurs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.