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A Mixed Legal System in Transition: T. B. Smith and the Progress of Scots Law
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, T. B, Author.
- Series:
- Edinburgh studies in law ; v. 1.
- Edinburgh studies in law ; v. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Smith, T. B. (Thomas Broun), 1915-1988.
- Smith, T. B.
- Law--Scotland.
- Law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 332 p.) : port.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This collection of essays considers the work of Professor Sir Thomas Smith QC (1915-1988) and, through that work, the development of Scots law as a mixed legal system.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- List of Abbreviations
- 1. While One Hundred Remain: T B Smith and the Progress of Scots Law
- 2. The Rational and the National: Thomas Broun Smith
- 3. Two Toms and an Ideology for Scots Law: T B Smith and Lord Cooper of Culross
- 4. T B Smith as a Legal Historian
- 5. Borrowing from English Equity and Minority Shareholders' Actions
- 6. "Calculated to our Meridian"? The Ius Commune, Lex Mercatoria and Scots Commercial Law in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
- 7. Glory with Gloag or the Stake with Stair? T B Smith and the Scots Law of Contract
- 8. T B Smith s Property
- 9. T B Smith: a Pioneer of Modern Medical Jurisprudence
- 10. Civilian and English Influences on Scots Criminal Law
- 11. Strange Gods in the Twenty-First Century: the Doctrine of Aemulatio Vicini
- 12. Travelling the High Road with T B Smith: Nationalism and Internationalism in the Defence of the Civilian Tradition
- 13. The Ties that Bind: T B Smith as a Comparative Lawyer
- 14. The Recognition Principle - Tracing Sir Thomas' Vision to the Present European Law
- 15. Professor Sir Thomas Smith QC - a Bibliography
- Table of Cases
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7486-5146-2
- 0-7486-7921-9
- OCLC:
- 801846116
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