Moreover, in 1933, Prof. Yukitoki TAKIGAWA in the Faculty of Law, was laid off by Ichiro HATOYAMA, the then Minister of Education, for the reason Professor Takigawa's theory about the criminal law included "Marxist thought", so all teaching staff of the Faculty submitted their resignation letters as the demonstration against the layoff, and Kyoto University's president also declared his resignation when he met with the Minister, but the Ministry's splitting operation worked and seven of the staff, including Mr.Takigawa, were forced to leave in the end, and this whole event is what's called, "Takigawa Jiken (Oppression of Professor Takigawa)".
さらに1933年には鳩山一郎文部大臣が法学部の滝川幸辰教授の刑法理論が「赤い思想」であるとして休職処分にした事から法学部の全教官が辞表を提出、総長も文相と会見、辞意を表明したものの文部省からの切り崩しにあい、結局滝川ら7人の教官が大学を去る事態となったいわゆる「滝川事件」が起きている。