Rising shares of French colonial administrators had legal training, but only in Roman 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

Category: Factual Claims

• XREF: Connects to the republican ‘civilizing’ legalism running through the book’s thesis — technically-trained administrators applying a codified legal framework to African subjects.

Related

• French colonial administrators trained only in Roman law, not French civil law (similarity 0.96)
• French administrators lacked real knowledge of the African customs they were charged to reform (similarity 0.81)
• The progressive judicial policy failed because administrators lacked knowledge of the customs they oversaw (similarity 0.81)
• France’s progressive judicial reform failed because administrators remained ignorant of African customs (similarity 0.79)
• French colonial administrators merely replaced African tyrants without benefiting locals (similarity 0.78)