Yashpal Vs Sushila:12 Apex Court Directions for Speedy Trial The first universities in Europe with a form of corporate/guild structure were the University of Bologna (1088), the University of Paris (c.1150, later associated with the Sorbonne), and the University of Oxford (1167).
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