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Latest Publication

Volumes 55 – 57

SCOTLAND UNDER JUS COMMUNE

Census of manuscripts of legal literature in Scotland, mainly between 1500 and 1660

in three volumes

by

Gero Dolezalek
Chair of Civil Law, University of Aberdeen

Complete List of Publications
(indicating which ones are still available to purchase)

Vol No
Volume Description
Available?
 
57 Scotland under Jus Commune, by Gero Dolezalek, Chair of Civil Law, University of Aberdeen. Census of manuscripts of legal literature in Scotland, mainly between 1500 and 1660 – Volume III Available
56 Scotland under Jus Commune, by Gero Dolezalek, Chair of Civil Law, University of Aberdeen. Census of manuscripts of legal literature in Scotland, mainly between 1500 and 1660 – Volume II Available
55 Scotland under Jus Commune, by Gero Dolezalek, Chair of Civil Law, University of Aberdeen. Census of manuscripts of legal literature in Scotland, mainly between 1500 and 1660 – Volume I Available
54 Miscellany VI by Various Authors, edited by Professor Hector L MacQueen, with a preface by Sheriff Peter G B McNeill. 2009 Available
53 The Minute Book of the Faculty of Advocates, Volume 4, 1783-1798 edited and with commentary by Angus Stewart, QC and Dr David Parratt, Advocate, with an introduction by Angus Stewart, QC. 2007 Available
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 Unavailable
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 3, 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
 Unavailable
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
 Unavailable
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 2, 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 1, 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 Available
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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