Scottish Legal History: Volume 1: 1000-1707

ISBN-13: 9780748697403 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 408 str.

Andrew Simpson; Adelyn Wilson

Opis

The first textbook on Scottish legal history from the genesis of Scots law to the Union, written from a legal perspective
From the roots of a law that applied to all subjects of the Scottish King to the 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.

Spis treści

Part I: The Origins of the Scottish Common Law to c.1230; 1. From Legal Diversity to Some Legal Commonality; Part II: The Consolidation of the Common Law, c.1230-ca.1450; 2. The Brieves (Part One); 3. The Brieves (Part Two); 4. 'Crimes'; 5. Law and Order in the Highlands and Islands; Part III: The Transformation of the Scottish Common Law, c.1450-c.1580; 6. The Jurisdiction of the Session; 7. Legal Learning and Legal Authority in the College of Justice; 8. Reformation, Revolution and the Legal System; 9. The Learned Authority of Scots Law; 10. Legal Learning and the Power of Parliament; Part IV: Regal Union with England, c.1580-1707; 11. Authority and Government in the Scottish Reign of James VI; 12. Authority and Government After 1603; 13. Interregnum or Republic in the 1650s; 14. Legal Literature; 15. Legal Authority and the Learned Laws; 16. Legal authority of Scottish Sources; 17. Advocates in the Court of Session and Inferior Jurisdictions in Aberdeen; 18. Advocates, Witches and Judicial Torture; 19. Revolution and Union; Index.