Scottish Legal History
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Scottish Legal History

Volume 1: 1000-1707

Andrew R. C. Simpson, Adelyn L M Wilson

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eBook - PDF

Scottish Legal History

Volume 1: 1000-1707

Andrew R. C. Simpson, Adelyn L M Wilson

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Discover how Scots law come into being, its use in dispute resolution in the medieval and early modern periods and how its authority developed over the centuries to the 1707 Union with England.

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Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9780748697427
Topic
Storia
Subtopic
Storia britannica

Table of contents

  1. Scottish Legal History
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Preface
  5. PART ONE The Origins of the Scottish Common Law to c. 1230
  6. 1 From Legal Diversity to Some Legal Commonality
  7. PART TWO The Consolidation of the Scottish Common Law, c. 1230-c. 1450
  8. 2 The Brieves (Part One)
  9. 3 The Brieves (Part Two)
  10. 4 ‘Crimes’
  11. 5 Law and Order in the Highlands and Islands
  12. PART THREE The Transformation of the Scottish Common Law and the Session, c. 1450-c. 1580
  13. 6 The Jurisdiction of the Session
  14. 7 legal learning and authority in the college of justice Legal Learning and Legal Authority in the College of Jurisdiction
  15. 8 Reformation, Revolution and the Legal System
  16. 9 The Learned Authority of Scots Law
  17. 10 Legal Learning and the Power of Parliament
  18. Part Four Regal Union with England, c. 1580-1707
  19. 11 Authority and Government in the Scottish Reign of James VI
  20. 12 Authority and Government after 1603
  21. 13 Interregnum or Republic in the 1650s
  22. 14 Legal Literature
  23. 15 Legal Authority and the Learned Laws
  24. 16 Legal Authority of Scottish Sources
  25. 17 Advocates in the Court of Session and Inferior Jurisdictions in Aberdeen
  26. 18 Advocates, Witches and Judicial Torture
  27. 19 Revolution and Union
  28. Index
Citation styles for Scottish Legal History

APA 6 Citation

Simpson, A., & Wilson, A. (2017). Scottish Legal History (1st ed.). Edinburgh University Press. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/1708606/scottish-legal-history-volume-1-10001707-pdf (Original work published 2017)

Chicago Citation

Simpson, Andrew, and Adelyn Wilson. (2017) 2017. Scottish Legal History. 1st ed. Edinburgh University Press. https://www.perlego.com/book/1708606/scottish-legal-history-volume-1-10001707-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Simpson, A. and Wilson, A. (2017) Scottish Legal History. 1st edn. Edinburgh University Press. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/1708606/scottish-legal-history-volume-1-10001707-pdf (Accessed: 14 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

Simpson, Andrew, and Adelyn Wilson. Scottish Legal History. 1st ed. Edinburgh University Press, 2017. Web. 14 Oct. 2022.