Description |
1 online resource (410 pages) |
Series |
Edinburgh Studies in Law |
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Edinburgh studies in law.
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Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Statutes -- Table of Cases -- Introduction: David Sellar, Legal Historian -- 1 The Continuity of Scottish Legal History: An Overview -- 2 Celtic Law and Scots Law: Survival and Integration -- 3 Marriage, Divorce and Concubinage in Gaelic Scotland -- 4 The Lyon and the Seanchaidh -- 5 Birlaw Courts and Birleymen -- 6 English Law as a Source of Stair's Institutions -- 7 The Resilience of the Scottish Common Law -- 8 Scots Law: Mixed from the Very Beginning? A Tale of Two Receptions -- 9 Marriage by Cohabitation with Habit and Repute: Review And Requiem? -- 10 Marriage, Divorce and the Forbidden Degrees: Canon Law and Scots Law -- 11 Forethocht Felony, Malice Aforethought and the Classification of Homicide -- 12 Juridical Acts Made in Contemplation of Death -- 13 Succession Law -- 14 Courtesy, Battle, and the Brieve of Right, 1368 -- 15 Promise -- 16 Presumptions -- Index |
Summary |
Brings together 15 principal essays by David Sellar (1941-2019), reflecting his pioneering contribution to Scottish legal history, covering the topics of Celtic law and institutions, the influence of Canon and English law across a wide range of legal subjects (including family law, succession, criminal law, evidence) and customary law |
Subject |
Law -- Scotland -- History
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HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General.
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Law
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Scotland
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781474488785 |
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1474488781 |
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