Imperial Japan's Higher Civil Service Examinations [online] / Robert M Spaulding

Frontmatter Foreword Acknowledgments Contents List of Figures List of Tables Introduction

Part I. The decision to examine 1. Trial of the Chinese System 2. Kanda's "Chinese" Plan, 1869 3. The Search for Judicial Autonomy 4. Itō and Stein, 1882 5. The First "German" Plans, 1884 6. Itō and Kaneko, 1885-86 7. Tani and the 1887 Ordinances 8. A Third Judicial Examination System, 1890 9. Collapse and Revival, 1892-93 10. Hara and the New Examinations, 1893 11. Yamagata and the Capstone, 1899

Part II. Changes in the 20th Century 12. Privilege and Protest 13. A Decade of Indecisive Skirmishes 14. The Myth of Unification 15. The Myth of Diversification

Part III. The Examinations and the examiners 16. Structure of the Examination System 17. The Preparatory Examinations 18. The Preliminary Examinations 19. The Main Examinations 20. Training and the Post-Training Examinations 21. The Higher Examiners 22. The Mathematics of the Dragon Gate 23. Strategy at the Dragon Gate 24. Fraud and Favoritism 25. The Significance of Examinations

Appendices A. Glossary B. Genealogy of the Private Law Schools C. Internal Evidence for Dating the Rejected Plan of 1884 D. Identification and Dating of the "Lost" Plans of 1886 E. Questions in the Main Written Examinations F. An Example of the Administrative Oral (1920) G. Candidates Passing Higher Examinations or Bar Examinations H. Timing of the Higher Examinations I. Examination Fees and Costs J. Structure of the Higher Examinations, 1884-1945 K. The Parties and "Free Appointment" Bibliography Index

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