Scottish Legal History

Volume 1: 1000-1707

Andrew R. C. Simpson, Adelyn L. M. Wilson (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

408 Seiten

2017
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
9780748697403 (ISBN)

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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.

From the roots of a law that applied to all subjects of the Scottish King to the Union with England, this new legal history textbook explores the genesis, evolution and enduring influence of early Scots law. Discover how and why Scots law come into being, how was it used in dispute resolution during the medieval and early modern periods and how its authority developed over the centuries.

Andrew R. C. Simpson is the Professor in Scots Private Law in the School of Law at the University of Aberdeen. Adelyn L M Wilson is the Head of Strathclyde Law School and a Professor of Law at the University of Strathclyde

Preface

Part I: The Origins of the Scottish Common Law to c.12301. From Legal Diversity to Some Legal Commonality

Part II: The Consolidation of the Common Law, c.1230–ca.14502. The Brieves (Part One)3. The Brieves (Part Two)4. 'Crimes'5. Law and Order in the Highlands and Islands

Part III: The Transformation of the Scottish Common Law, c.1450–c.15806. The Jurisdiction of the Session7. Legal Learning and Legal Authority in the College of Justice8. Reformation, Revolution and the Legal System9. The Learned Authority of Scots Law10. Legal Learning and the Power of Parliament

Part IV: Regal Union with England, c.1580–170711. Authority and Government in the Scottish Reign of James VI12. Authority and Government after 160313. Interregnum or Republic in the 1650s14. Legal Literature15. Legal Authority and the Learned Laws16. Legal Authority of Scottish Sources17. Advocates in the Court of Session and Inferior Jurisdictions in Aberdeen18. Advocates, Witches and Judicial Torture19. Revolution and Union

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	02.08.2025
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte
ISBN-13	9780748697403 / 9780748697403
Zustand	Neuware