In universities "Bankoku Koho" was considered a compulsory subject both in national and private universities, and modern international law was lectured using "Bankoku Koho" as well as other commentaries of international law.
大学においては国立大・私立大を問わず学ぶべき学科として位置づけられ、『万国公法』や他の国際法解説書によって近代国際法が学ばれた。