Scottish Legal History: Volume 1: 1000-1707 - Softcover

Simpson, Andrew R. C.; Wilson, Adelyn L. M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0748697403 ISBN 13: 9780748697403

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2017

Synopsis

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.

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About the Authors

Andrew R. C. Simpson is the Professor in Scots Private Law in the School of Law at the University of Aberdeen.

Adelyn L M Wilson is the Head of Strathclyde Law School and a Professor of Law at the University of Strathclyde

From the Back Cover

The first of two essential student volumes exploring current perspectives in Scottish legal historyThe discipline of Scottish legal history involves the study of a complex mixture of history, power, place and people. This accessible and readable volume sets out to survey the current state of the subject and engages with wide-ranging debates and contexts within the wider European setting. The roots of a law commonly applicable amongst all subjects of the Scottish king can be traced to the 1100s. How and why did that law come into being? How was it used in dispute resolution during the medieval and early modern periods? Furthermore, how did its authority develop over the centuries and inform the modern laws of Scotland?This volume explores such questions and introduces readers to the history of the Scottish legal system prior to 1707, the year of parliamentary union with England.The volume is split into four chronological periods:The Origins of the Scottish Common Law to c. 1230The Consolidation of the Common Law, c. 1230–c. 1450The Transformation of the Scottish Common Law and the Session, c. 1450–c. 1580Regal Union with England, c. 1580–1707Volume Two examines how that union and a range of other factors shaped the law used in Scotland today.Key Features? The first of a two-volume Scottish legal history written for both students and for wider academic reference? Division of material into easily digestible sections and into broad historical periods? Perspective from legal history (rather than political, social or economic history)? Use of individual case studies to clarify technical aspects of legal historyAndrew R. C. Simpson and Adelyn L. M. Wilson are both Lecturers in Law at the University of Aberdeen.Cover image: The Old Tolbooth. Engraving based on an eighteenth-century painting by Alexander Naysmith, image courtesy of Wikimedia CommonsCover design:[EUP logo]edinburghuniversitypress.comISBN (cover): 978-0-7486-9740-3ISBN (PPC): 978-0-7486-9739-7Barcode

Edition details

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0748697403
• ISBN 13: 9780748697403
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 408