Scots Law Tales

ISBN-13: 9781845860677 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 200 str.

John Grant;Elaine E. Sutherland

Opis

From the huge miscarriage of justice against Oscar Slater to the Lockerbie trial; from the decomposing snail in bottle of ginger beer to allegations of high jinks by a prominent politician; from unplanned pregnancy to switching off life support; from McCaig's folly at Oban to the lettering 'EIIR' on pillar boxes, and from St Ninian's Treasure in Shetland to allegations of ritual child abuse in Orkney, Scots Law Tales brings a number of leading cases from the Scottish courts to life. Telling the stories behind some of the most memorable cases from the 100 years, it captures the personalities involved, the events leading up to the case, what the court decided and why, and the role that the case played in the development of its area of law.

Spis treści

Authors; Preface; 1. A Knock at the Door. Sloan v B: the Orkney Case, Elaine E Sutherland; 2. A Flag in the Wind. MacCormick v Lord Advocate, Gavin Little; 3. A Great Miscarriage of Justice. Oscar Slater, Clare Connelly; 4. Bringing Up Catherine. McFarlane v Tayside Health Board, Kenneth McK Norrie; 5. The Snail in the Ginger Beer Float. Donohue v Stevenson, Elspeth Reid; 6. Lawyers, Who Needs Them? Sheridan v News International, Alistair Bonnington; 7. St Ninian’s Isle Treasure. Lord Advocate v University of Aberdeen and Budge, David L Carey Miller; 8. Giving Up or Letting Go. Law Hospital NHS Trust v Lord Advocate, Sheila A M McLean; 9. Folly, Guilt and More Folly. The McCaig Cases, Robert Rennie; 10. Spare the Rod. Campbell and Cousins v United Kingdom, Kathleen Marshall; 11. Not Our Finest Hour. The Lockerbie Trial, John P Grant; Index.