French colonial administrators trained only in Roman law, not French civil law

Evidence

It is worth noting that the number of administrators with legal training increased steadily: 23 percent (1900-I906), 29 percent (1906-I914). Nevertheless, their training was exclusively in Roman law. — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 1098

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the earlier chapter theme of republican legality being imperfectly transmitted — administrators schooled in Roman, not modern French, legal categories.