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VOLUME 48
(Note – volumes 49-52 inclusive already published)
The Development and Use of Written Pleadings in Scots Civil Procedure
David R Parratt, PhD, Advocate
An exploration of the development of written pleadings in the Scottish system of civil procedure, tracing their development from the early period to the point in the nineteenth century when the essentials of the modern system were created. In addition, the volume examines the role which written pleadings have played in that modern system and finally, it considers their future use.
Complete
List of Publications
(indicating which ones are still available to purchase)
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| 52 | Miscellany
V by Various Authors edited by Professor Hector L MacQueen with a preface by The
Rt Hon the Lord Hope of Craighead. 2005 | Available |
| 51 | Compulsion and Restitution - a historical and comparative study of the treatment of compulsion in Scottish private law with particular emphasis on its relevance to the law of restitution or unjustified enrichment, by Professor Jacques du Plessis. 2004 | Available |
| 50 | The Business of the College of Justice in 1600 – How it reflects the economic and social life of Scots men and women, by Winifred Coutts, PhD. 2003 | Available |
| 49 | Miscellany
IV by various authors. Edited by Professor Hector L MacQueen, with a preface by
Lord Hope of Craighead. 2002 | Available |
| 48 | The Development and Use of Written Pleadings in Scots Civil Procedure, by David R Parratt, PhD, Advocate. 2006 |
Available |
| 47 | The
Aberdeen Sheriff and Commissary Courts Stylebook 1722, edited by M C Meston and
A D M Forte. 2000 | Available |
| 46 | The
Minute Book of the Faculty of Advocates, Volume III, 1751-1783 edited and with
commentary by Angus Stewart QC, Keeper of the Advocates’ Library, with an
introduction by the Hon Lord Davidson. 1999 | Available |
| 45 | Medieval
Papal Representation in Scotland: Legates, Nuncios and Judges-Delegate 1225-1286,
by Paul Ferguson, PhD. 1997 | Available |
| Supp Vol III | Guide
to the National Archives of Scotland, Scottish Record Office. Joint publication
with The Stair Society. 1996 | Available |
| 44 | Quoniam
Attachiamenta. Edited and translated with an introduction by T David Fergus. 1996 | Available |
| Supp Vol II | The
Civil Law Tradition in Scotland, by various authors, edited by Robin Evans-Jones.
1995 | Available |
| 43 | An
Institute of the Laws of Scotland in Civil Rights with Observations upon the Agreement
or Diversity between them and the Laws of England in Four Books, after the General
Manner of the Viscount Stair’s Institutions. This edition with a Foreword
by Professor William Gordon. Volume III. 1995 | Unavailable |
| 42 | An
Institute of the Laws of Scotland in Civil Rights with Observations upon the Agreement
or Diversity between them and the Laws of England in Four Books, after the General
Method of the Viscount Stair’s Institutions. This edition with a Foreward
by Professor William Gordon. Volume II. 1994 | Available |
| 41 | An
Institute of the Laws of Scotland in Civil Rights with Observations upon the Agreement
or Diversity between them and the Laws of England in Four Books, after the General
Method of the Viscount Stair’s Institutions. This edition with a Foreword
by Professor William Gordon. Volume I. 1993 | Available |
| 40 | Selkirk
Protocol Books 1511-1547. The Protocol Books of John Chepman 1511-36 and 1545-47,
Sir John Chepman 1536-43, John and Ninian Brydin and other Notaries 1526-36 and
John Brydin 1530-37, transcribed and edited by Teresa Maley and Walter Elliot
with an introduction by Peter Symms. 1993 | Available |
| 39 | Miscellany
III. By various authors. Edited by Professor W M Gordon with a Preface by Professor
Emeritus Gordon Donaldson, H M Historiographer in Scotland. 1992 | Available |
| 38 | The
Court Book of the Barony and Regality of Falkirk and Callendar. Volume I 1638-1656,
edited by the late Doreen M Hunter MA. 1991 | Available |
| Saltire Society | The
Scottish Legal Tradition (New enlarged edition) by Michael C Meston, W D H Sellar
and Lord Cooper. Foreword by the Rt Hon Lord Mackay of Clashfern. 1991 | Unavailable |
| Supp Vol I | The
College of Justice. Essays by Professor R K Hannay with an introduction by Hector
L MacQueen. 1990 | Available |
| 37 | The
Scottish Whigs and the Reform of the Court of Session 1785-1830 by Nicholas Philipson.
A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of History of the University of Cambridge
in Partial Fulfilment of the Regulations for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy,
1967. 1990 | Available |
| 36 | Formulary
of Old Scots Documents, compiled by Peter Gouldesbrough, former Assistant Keeper
in the Scottish Record Office, with a Supplementary Essay on Early Scottish Conveyancing
by Gordon Donaldson, H M Historiographer in Scotland. 1985 | Available |
| 35 | Miscellany
II, by various authors, edited by David Sellar, BA, LLB, Department of Scots Law,
University of Edinburgh, with a Preface by the Rt Hon Lord Avonside. 1984 | Available |
| 34 | The
Court of the Official in Pre-Reformation Scotland. Based on the Surviving Records
of the Officials of St Andrews and Edinburgh, by Simon Ollivant, MA, PhD. 1982 | Available |
| 33 | The
Stair Tercentenary Studies, by various scholars, edited by David M Walker, QC,
MA, PhD, LLD, FBA, FRSE, FSA Scot, Regius Professor of Law, University of Glasgow.
1981 | Available |
| 32 | The
Minute Book of the Faculty of Advocates, Volume II, 1713-1750. Edited by John
M Pinkerton, Advocate. 1980 | Available |
| 31 | Perpetuities
in Scots Law, by Robert Burgess LLB, PhD. 1979 | Available |
| 30 | The
Records of the Synod of Lothian and Tweeddale 1589-1596 and 1640-1649. Edited
with an introduction by James Kirk, MA, PhD, Lecturer in Scottish History at the
University of Glasgow. 1977 | Unavailable |
| 29 | The Minute Book of the Faculty of Advocates, Volume I, 1661-1712. Edited by John M Pinkerton, Advocate, Clerk of Faculty. 1976 | Available |
| 28 | Selected Justiciary Cases 1624-1650, edited with an introduction by J Irvine Smith MA, LLB, Advocate, Sheriff of Lanarkshire at Glasgow. Volume III. 1974 | Unavailable |
| 27 | Selected Justiciary Cases 1624-1650, edited with an introduction by J Irvine Smith MA, LLB, Advocate, Sheriff of Lanarkshire at Glasgow. Volume II. 1972 | Unavailable |
| 26 | Miscellany, by various authors, with a Preface by the Rt Hon Lord Clyde, PC, LLD, Lord Justice-General and Lord President of the Court of Session. 1971 | Unavailable |
| 25 | The Justiciary Records of Argyll and the Isles 1664-1742, Volume II, 1705-1742, edited by John Imrie. 1969 | Unavailable |
| 24 | William Hay’s Lectures on Marriage, transcribed, translated and edited by the Right Reverend Monsignor John C Barry MA (Cantab), DCL (Rome), Rector of St Andrew’s College, Drygrange, Melrose and Consultor to the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law. 1967 | Unavailable |
| 23 | The Origins and Development of the Jury in Scotland, by Ian D Willock, MA, LLB, PhD, Advocate, Professor of Jurisprudence in the University of St Andrews. 1966 | Unavailable |
| 22 | The Practicks of Sir James Balfour of Pittendreich, reproduced from the printed edition of 1754, edited by Peter G B McNeill, MA, LLB, PhD, Advocate. Volume II. 1963 | Available |
| 21 | The Practicks of Sir James Balfour of Pittendreich, reproduced from the printed edition of 1754, edited by Peter G B McNeill, MA, LLB, PhD, Advocate. Volume I. 1962 | Unavailable |
| 20 | An Introduction to Scottish Legal History, by various authors, with an Introduction by the Rt Hon Lord Normand, PC, LLD, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 1947-53. 1958 | Unavailable |
| 19 | Baron David Hume’s Lectures, 1786-1822, edited and annotated by G Campbell H Paton, MA, LLB, Advocate, Lecturer in the History of Scots Law in the University of Glasgow, Volume VI. 1958 | Unavailable |
| 18 | Baron David Hume’s Lectures, 1786-1822, edited and annotated by G Campbell H Paton, MA, LLB, Advocate, Lecturer in the History of Scots Law in the University of Glasgow, Volume V. 1957 | Unavailable |
| 17 | Baron David Hume’s Lectures, 1786-1822, edited and annotated by G Campbell H Paton, MA, LLB, Advocate, Lecturer in the History of Scots Law in the University of Glasgow, Volume IV. 1955 | Unavailable |
| 16 | Selected Justiciary Cases, 1624-1650, edited and annotated by Stair A Gillon, BA, LLB, Advocate. Volume I. 1953 | Unavailable |
| 15 | Baron David Hume’s Lectures, 1786-1822, edited and annotated by G Campbell H Paton, MA, LLB, Advocate, Lecturer in the History of Scots Law in the University of Glasgow, Volume III. 1952 | Unavailable |
| 14 | Acta Dominorum Concilii et Sessionis, from 27 May 1532, the inception of the Court, to 5 July 1533, edited by Ian H Shearer, MA, LLB, Advocate. 1951 | Unavailable |
| 13 | Baron David Hume’s Lectures, 1786-1822, edited and annotated by G Campbell H Paton, MA, LLB, Solicitor, Volume II. 1949 | Unavailable |
| 12 | The Justiciary Records of Argyll and the Isles, 1664-1742. Volume I, 1664-1705, transcribed and edited by John Cameron, MA, LLD, PhD. 1949 | Unavailable |
| 11 | Regiam Majestatem and Quoniam Attachiamenta, based on the text of Sir John Skene, edited and translated with an introduction and notes by the Rt Hon Lord Cooper, LLD. 1947 | Unavailable |
| 10 | (1) The Register of Brieves, 1286-1386, as contained in the Ayr MS, the Bute MS and the Quoniam Attachiamenta, edited by the Rt Hon Lord Cooper, LLD, Lord Justice-Clerk; (2) Thomas Thomson’s Memorial on Old Extent, edited by J D Mackie, CBE, MC, MA, Professor of Scottish History and Literature in the University of Glasgow. 1946 | Unavailable |
| 9 | St Andrews Formulare, 1514-1546, edited by Gordon Donaldson, MA, PhD, with Prefatory Note by David Baird Smith, CBE, LLD, Volume II. 1944 | Unavailable |
| 8 | Acta Dominorum Concilii, 26 March 1501-17 January 1502-03, transcribed by J A Crawford MA, LLB, Advocate. Edited with an introduction by the Rt Hon James Avon Clyde, LLD, formerly Lord Justice-General of Scotland and Lord President of the Court of Session. 1943 | Unavailable |
| 7 | St Andrews Formulare, 1514-1546, transcribed and edited by Gordon Donaldson, MA, PhD and C Macrae, MA, D Phil, Volume I. 1942 | Unavailable |
| 6 | Lord Hermand’s Consistorial Decisions, 1684-1777, edited by F P Walton LLD, KC (Quebec), Hon Fellow, Lincoln College, Oxford, formerly Director, Royal School of Law, Cairo, with biographical sketch of Lord Hermand by James Ferguson. With portrait. 1940 | Unavailable |
| 5 | Baron David Hume’s Lectures, 1786-1822, edited and annotated by G Campbell H Paton, MA, LLB, Solicitor and Assistant to Professor of Law in the University of Glasgow, Volume I. 1939 | Unavailable |
| 4 | Hope’s Major Practicks, 1608-1633, edited by the Rt Hon James Avon Clyde, LLD, formerly Lord Justice-General of Scotland and Lord President of the Court of Session, Volume II. 1938 | Unavailable |
| 3 | Hope’s Major Practicks, 1608-1633, edited by the Rt Hon James Avon Clyde, LLD, formerly Lord Justice-General of Scotland and Lord President of the Court of Session, Volume I. 1937 | Unavailable |
| 2 | Acta Curiae Admirallatus Scotiae, 6 September 1557 – 11 March 1561-62, edited by Thomas Callander Wade, MA, LLB, Solicitor, Falkirk. 1937 | Unavailable |
| 1a | An Index to Volume No 1, compiled by James Cowie Brown, MA, LLB, PhD. 1939 | Unavailable |
| 1 | An Introductory Survey of the Sources and Literature of Scots Law, by various authors, with an introduction by the Rt Hon Lord Macmillan, PC, LLD, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. 1936 | Unavailable |
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