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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Simpson, Andrew R. C.,; Wilson, Adelyn L. M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (408 p.)

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)

Table of 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