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Hozumi Nobushige
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Hozumi Nobushige (1855 to 1926) was a Japanese legal scholar and statesman, the first person to receive a doctorate in law in Japan, and a member of the three-jurist committee, with Tomii Masaakira and Ume Kenjiro, that drafted Japan's Civil Code of 1896 and 1898. He co-founded the English Law School, the predecessor of Chuo University, and later sat in the House of Peers and Privy Council.
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RoleJapanese legal scholar and statesman; member of Japan's Civil Code drafting committee 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction BornA companion source (the National Diet Library of Japan) gives 1856; Wikipedia's own dedicated biography page gives 1855. Reported here as debated between sources rather than silently reconciled. Cross-Tradition Connections
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WikipediaCivil Code Involvement sectionQuote, Civil Code Involvement section
Together with Ume Kenjiro and Tomii Masaaki, he was requested to draft Japan's Civil Code in 1898.
1. Hozumi Nobushige (Wikipedia)
WikipediaWorks Attributed: Civil Code of Japan (1896/1898)
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