Scottish Legal History : Volume 1: 1000-1707 / Andrew R. C. Simpson, Adelyn L. M. Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simpson, Andrew R. C., Author.

Wilson, Adelyn L. M., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Scotland--History--16th century.

Law.

Law--Scotland--History--17th century.

Law--Scotland--History--To 1500.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (408 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The first textbook on Scottish legal history from the genesis of Scots law to the Union, written from a legal perspectiveFrom the roots of a law that applied to all subjects of the Scottish King to the 1707 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. Key FeaturesThe chapters have been road-tested with legal history students in the School of Law at the University of AberdeenThe textbook has been developed with input from legal history lecturers at a number of Scottish universitiesComplex legal history is presented through examples and anecdotes, to help students to engage with and understand the materialMaterial is divided into easily digestable chunks, arranged from the perspective of legal history (rather than political, social or economic history)

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

PART ONE: THE ORIGINS OF THE SCOTTISH COMMON LAW TO c. 1230

Chapter 1 From Legal Diversity to Some Legal Commonality

PART TWO: THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE COMMON LAW, c. 1230–c. 1450

Chapter 2 The Brieves (Part One)

Chapter 3 The Brieves (Part Two)

Chapter 4 ‘Crimes’

Chapter 5 Law and Order in the Highlands and Islands

PART THREE: THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE SCOTTISH COMMON LAW AND THE SESSION, c. 1450–c. 1580

Chapter 6 The Jurisdiction of the Session

Chapter 7 Legal Learning and Legal Authority in the College of Justice

Chapter 8 Reformation, Revolution and the Legal System

Chapter 9 The Learned Authority of Scots Law

Chapter 10 Legal Learning and the Power of Parliament

PART FOUR: REGAL UNION WITH ENGLAND, c. 1580–1707

Chapter 11 Authority and Government in the Scottish Reign of James VI

Chapter 12 Authority and Government after 1603

Chapter 13 Interregnum or Republic in the 1650s

Chapter 14 Legal Literature

Chapter 15 Legal Authority and the Learned Laws

Chapter 16 Legal Authority of Scottish Sources

Chapter 17 Advocates in the Court of Session and Inferior Jurisdictions in Aberdeen

Chapter 18 Advocates, Witches and Judicial Torture

Chapter 19 Revolution and Union

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2022)

ISBN:

9780748697427

074869742X

OCLC:

1312726956