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Continuity, influences and integration in Scottish legal history : select essays of David Sellar / edited by Hector L. MacQueen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sellar, David (W. David H.), author.
- Series:
- Edinburgh studies in law ; volume 17.
- Edinburgh scholarship online.
- Edinburgh studies in law ; volume 17
- Edinburgh scholarship online
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--Scotland--History.
- Law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (410 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- This volume brings together 15 principal essays by David Sellar (1941-2019), reflecting his pioneering contribution to Scottish legal history, covering the topics of Celtic law and institutions, the influence of Canon and English law across a wide range of legal subjects (including family law, succession, criminal law, evidence) and customary law.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Statutes
- Table of Cases
- Introduction: David Sellar, Legal Historian
- 1 The Continuity of Scottish Legal History: An Overview
- 2 Celtic Law and Scots Law: Survival and Integration
- 3 Marriage, Divorce and Concubinage in Gaelic Scotland
- 4 The Lyon and the Seanchaidh
- 5 Birlaw Courts and Birleymen
- 6 English Law as a Source of Stair’s Institutions
- 7 The Resilience of the Scottish Common Law
- 8 Scots Law: Mixed from the Very Beginning? A Tale of Two Receptions
- 9 Marriage by Cohabitation with Habit and Repute: Review And Requiem?
- 10 Marriage, Divorce and the Forbidden Degrees: Canon Law and Scots Law
- 11 Forethocht Felony, Malice Aforethought and the Classification of Homicide
- 12 Juridical Acts Made in Contemplation of Death
- 13 Succession Law
- 14 Courtesy, Battle, and the Brieve of Right, 1368
- 15 Promise
- 16 Presumptions
- Index
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 14, 2022).
- Other Format:
- Print version: MacQueen, Hector L. Continuity, Influences and Integration in Scottish Legal History
- ISBN:
- 9781474488785
- 1474488781
- 9781474488792
- 147448879X
- 9781399513661
- 1399513664
- 9781474485739
- 1474485731
- OCLC:
- 1298388128
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