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Kizo Ishikawa's Graduation Thesis

 

In 1890, a written thesis was required to graduate from Iowa Law. Kizo chose question 10: “To what extent do the federal courts follow state decisions in cases arising in the respective states?”  Click on the images below to read a portion of his handwritten thesis. Images will open in a new tab. 

Copy of the 1890 thesis questions
Image of the first page of Kizo Ishikawa's graduation thesis for law school.
Image of the 2 - 3 page of Kizo Ishikawa's graduation thesis for law school.
Image of the 4 - 5 page of Kizo Ishikawa's graduation thesis for law school.
Image of the 6 - 7 page of Kizo Ishikawa's graduation thesis for law school.
Image of the 8 - 9 page of Kizo Ishikawa's graduation thesis for law school.
Copy of newspaper from Sendai, Japan announcing Kizo is ill with Tuberculosis

Special Thank You

 

The Law Library’s Cataloguing & Serials Librarian, Yuka Ohba-Kreiter, is from Sendai, where Kizo grew up.

Special thanks to Yuka and her friend in Sendai, Yuko Odashima, for their extensive research into Kizo’s life, both before and after Iowa Law.

This newspaper from Sendai,  dated Dec. 9, 1890, says Ishikawa Kizo  (JD) has returned home and is ill. In less than 2 years, Kizo would succumb to tuberculosis.

Photo, research & translation: Yuka Ohba-Kreiter & Yuko Odashima.