Subject to the approval of the Professor of History, candidates may offer other subjects of similar nature and extent in place of those specified above. HONOURS. Candidates will be required: (A) To write an essay on some subject to be approved by the Professor of History. The essay must be sent in to the Registrar on or before the first day of the examination in March for the M.A. Degree. (B) To offer themselves for examination in the following jects : (1) The History of England from 449 to the present time (a). (2) The History of Europe from 449 to the present time (b). (3) One of the following subjects: (i.) Political Philosophy as prescribed in the School of Philosophy, Section D 1 (d). (ii.) Political Economy as prescribed in the School of Philosophy, Section D 2. (iii) The writings of Milton, Burke and Carlyle, to be studied in relation to the history of their times. (iv.) The Application of the Federal Principle in Modern History (e). Papers on the History of England will be set in December, other papers in March. Subject to the approval of the Professor of History, candidates may offer other subjects of similar nature and extent in place of those specified above. (a) BOOKS RECOMMENDED FOR HISTORY OF ENGLAND.-Same as for B.A. Degree; see Calendar for 1898, page 89. (6) BOOKS RECOMMENDED FOR HISTORY OF EUROPE.-Same as recommended for B.A. Degree, see Calendar for 1898; and, in addition, the following: - Church's Beginning of the Middle Ages; Hodgkin's Charles the Great; Epochs of European History (Rivington); Finlay's History of Greece; Lodge's Modern Europe; Dyer's Modern Europe; Creighton's Papacy; Ranke's Popes; Villari's Savonarola; Beard's Hibbert Lectures; Beard's Luther: Froude's Council of Trent; Froude's Erasmus; Motley's Dutch Republic and United Netherlands; Armstrong's Religious Wars in France; Heroes of the Nations Series: Gardiner's Thirty Years' War; Longman's Seven Years' War; Carlyle's Frederick the Great, and the French Revolution; De Tocqueville's Ancien Regime. (c) BOOKS RECOMMENDED (so far as they bear on the subject).-For the U.S.-Bryce's American Commonwealth; Fiske's American Revolution, and Critical Years of American History; Landon's Constitutional History and Government of the U.S.; Burgess's Political Science. For Switzerland.Adams's Swiss Confederation; Vincent's Federal Government in Switzerland. For Canada.-Bourinot's Constitutional History of Canada and Federal Government in Canada; Munro's Constitution of Canada. For Australia. - Barton's Australian Federation; Debates of the Sydney Convention. Generally.Hart's Introduction to the Study of Federal Government; Freeman's Federal Government, ch. 1 and 2; Dicey's Law of the Constitution, Book I.; Baker's Manual of Reference to Authorities. Garran's The Coming Commonwealth. Candidates will be expected to show a general knowledge of the origin, development, and present structure of the systems of Federal Government existing in the United States of America, Switzerland, Canada, and the German Empire; together with a knowledge of the Federal Movement in Australia from 1846 to the present time. (d) The following books are recommended for the History of Political Theories:-Essays on Plato and Aristotle in "Hellenica:" Flint's Philosophy of History; Maine's Ancient Law and Popular Government; Bonar's Philosophy and Economics; Lecky's Democracy and Liberty; Hegel's Introduction to Philosophy of History; Graham's Socialism; Montague's Limits of Individual Liberty; Green's Ground of Political Obligation. EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF LL.B. A. The Intermediate LL.B. Examination will, until further notice, include the following subjects: 1. Jurisprudence. 2. Roman Law. 3. Constitutional Law. 4. International Law. The examination will be conducted partly in writing and partly vivá voce. B. The Final LL.B. Examination will, until further notice, include: 1. The Law of Property and Principles of Conveyancing. 4. Equity, Probate, Bankruptcy, and Company Law; The examination will be conducted partly in writing and partly vivá voce. EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF LL.D. The Examination for the Degree of Doctor of Laws will, until further notice, include the following subjects :— 1.-JURISPRUDENCE. All candidates will be examined in Jurisprudence and the Principles of Legislation. They will be expected to show a critical knowledge of the subject, and a familiarity with current literature relating thereto. II.-ROMAN LAW. Candidates will be examined in the General Principles of Roman Law, and in the following special subject to be studied in connection with the corresponding department of English Law. For March, 1899 The contract of Emptio Venditio. On this subject candidates are advised to refer to the fol lowing Titles of the Digest -De contrahenda Emptione (xviii., 1); De actionibus empti et venditi (xix., 1). III. THE LAW OF NEW SOUTH WALES. Candidates will be expected to show a general knowledge of the principles of the law applicable in New South Wales, and also to show a detailed knowledge both of principles and practice in one of the following departments 1. Common Law, including the Law of Evidence and Criminal Law. 2. Equity. IV.-PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW. Candidates will be expected to show a general knowledge of the principles of International Law and a more detailed knowledge of the principles and decisions relating to the international application of Foreign Law. No books are prescribed by the Faculty, but any person proposing to present himself as a candidate may apply to the Professor of Law for advice on the subject. The examination will be conducted partly in writing and partly vivá voce. EXAMINATIONS FOR THE DEGREES OF M.B. & M.D. See By-laws, Chap. xvii. EXAMINATIONS FOR THE DEGREES OF D.Sc. & B.Sc. See By-laws Chap. xviii. EXAMINATIONS FOR DEGREES IN ENGINEERING. See By-laws, Chap. xviii. PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS. Full particulars regarding these examinations can be had on reference to the "Manual of Public Examinations," which contains the By-laws, Subjects of Examination, Books Recommended, Directions for Candidates, Examination Papers, &c., and is obtainable from almost any bookseller. ADMISSION OF BARRISTERS. Certain privileges are conceded to Graduates and Third Year students of the University in respect to the conditions necessary for admission to the Bar. As to these, candidates are advised either to refer to the Rules for the admission of Barristers (see Law Almanac), or to apply for information to the Secretary of the Barristers' Admission Board, Supreme Court. ADMISSION OF ATTORNEYS. The following are extracts from the Rules of the Supreme Court for the admission of Attorneys, which refer to Examinations held at the University : Every person desirous of entering into Articles of Clerkship who shall not have taken a Degree in the University of Sydney, or in some other University recognised by it, shall, before approval of such Articles, produce to the Prothonotary a Certificate of his having passed a Matriculation Examination in the said University, or in some other University recognised by it; or a Certificate from the Registrar of the University of Sydney of his having passed some equivalent examination before Professors or Examiners appointed by the Senate thereof; or a certificate of his having passed in England, Scotland or Ireland, the Preliminary Examination which Articled Clerks may be there required to pass, and shall lodge with the said Prothonotary a copy of such Certificate. Preliminary Examinations (equivalent to the Matriculation Examination) for Articled Clerks are held at the University in the months of April, July and November, commencing on the first Monday in each case. £5 10s. 6d., to be paid to the Prothonotary of the Supreme Court. Fee, The subjects of the Examinations to be held in July and November, 1898, and April, 1899, will be the same as those prescribed for the Matriculation Examination of March, 1899, and so on in future years page 54.) (See |