Kingdom
190 all.
It is
of
Siam
not necessary to appear personally before
the Appeal Court nor to engage counsel. is
sequence with work.
that the
The
con-
Appeal Courts are overwhelmed
Last year the two divisions of the ApCourt disposed of 3100 cases, of which 414 were peal arrears from the previous year. Of these appeals 1
175 were sent
One
of the
Ministry
Law school.
up to the Supreme Court of Appeal. most important institutions under the
the law school.
This is only in its inbut on attention and money the fancy yet, spent on the training of the future judges
is
depends to a great extent the successful administration of justice.
The view
in
first
object that has been steadily kept in
regard to judicial appointments has been to
eliminate those of the old-fashioned officials whose ideas as to progress, punctuality,
work
and rapidity
are not abreast with the times.
The
result
of is
that already a large proportion of the judges are
young men. The law school was started in 1897, and the average number of students has been annually increasing.
The number on the books
last
year was 375,
and the previous year 292, so that it is evident that the judicial career and practice in the Siamese courts is
becoming more
attractive.
The
present lecturer