Common law and feudal society in medieval Scotland / Hector L. MacQueen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacQueen, Hector L., author.

Series:

Edinburgh classic editions.

Edinburgh classic editions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Common law--Scotland--History.

Common law.

History.

Scotland.

Physical Description:

lxi, 303 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

Classic edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Exploring the relationship between law and society and brings a key legal history text back to life. The close links between the Scots and English law in the Middle Ages have long been recognized, but this classic text assesses the relevance of traditional approaches to Scottish legal history, setting the development of medieval law within the context of a society in which private lordship, exercised through courts and other less formal methods of dispute settlement, played a key role alongside royal justice. Based on extensive research, this book examines the brieves of novel dissasine, mortancestry and right, and legal remedies for the recovery of land, as well as aspects of the early history of the Scottish legal profession and the origins of the Court of Session. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

Chapter 2 Lords' Courts and Royal Justice 33

Chapter 3 Men of Law and Books of Law 74

Chapter 4 Pleadable Brieves and Free Holdings 105

Chapter 5 The Brieve of Novel Dissasine 136

Chapter 6 The Brieve of Mortancestry 167

Chapter 7 The Brieve of Right 188

Chapter 8 Council, Fee and Heritage 215

Chapter 9 Conclusions 247.

ISBN:

9781474407465

1474407463

OCLC:

920727761

Publisher Number:

99969973401