An Introduction to Scottish Legal History
Stair Society Volume 20
Introduction – Lord Normand
Part I: The General Development of Scots Law
‘From David I to Bruce, 1124-1329, The Scoto-Norman Law’ – Lord Cooper of Culross
‘The Dark Age, 1329-1532’ – G Campbell H Paton
‘The Transition to the Modern Law, 1532-1660’ – J Irvine Smith
‘The Rise of Modern Scots Law, 1660-1707’ – J Irvine Smith
‘The Eighteenth Century and Later’ – G Campbell H Paton
Part II: The History of Particular Branches of Scots Law and Practice
A: The Law of Persons
‘Husband and Life: Pre-Reformation Canon Law of Marriage of the Officials’ Courts’ – James D Scanlan, Bishop of Motherwell
‘Husband and Wife: (a) Post-Reformation Canon Law of Marriage in the Commissaries’ Courts, and (b) Modern Common and Statute Law’ – Ronald D Ireland
‘Husband and Wife: Divorce, Nullity of Marriage and Separation’ – Ronald D Ireland
‘Husband and Wife: Property Rights and Relationships’ – G Campbell H Paton
‘Parent and Child’ – Alexander E Anton
‘Guardian and Ward’ – George A Montgomery
‘Master and Servant’ – T B Smith
B: The Law of Property
‘Heritable Rights: The Early Feudal Tenures’ – Isabel A Milne
‘Heritable Rights: From Early Times to the Twentieth Century’ – H H Monteath
‘Moveable Rights’ – A J Mackenzie Stuart
‘Succession’ – J Irvine Smith
‘Insolvency’ – Andrew Dewar Gibb
‘Diligence’ – David Maxwell
C: Other Branches
‘Contract and Quasi Contract’ – A J Mackenzie Stuart
‘Delict and Quasi Delict’ – Hector McKechnie
‘Criminal Law’ – J Irvine Smith
‘Evidence’ – David M Walker
D: The Courts and Procedure
‘The Central Courts before 1532’ – A A M Duncan
‘The Central Courts after 1532’ – Lord Cooper of Culross
‘The Sheriff Court: Before the Sixteenth Century’ – Isabel A Milne
‘The Sheriff Court: Sixteenth Century and After’ – C A Malcolm
‘The Church Courts’ – Gordon Donaldson
‘The Franchise Courts’ – Peter McIntyre
‘The Burgh Courts and Allied Jurisdictions’ – George S Pryde
‘Courts of Special Jurisdiction’ – W Croft Dickinson
‘The High Court of Justiciary’ – W Croft Dickinson
‘Civil Procedure’ – David Maxwell
‘Criminal Procedure’ – J Irvine Smith
‘The Parliament House and its Antecedents’ – C A Malcolm
Appendix – List of (1) Lord Chancellors, (2) Lord Presidents, and (3) Lord Justice Clerks from 1532
By various authors, with an Introduction by the Rt Hon Lord Normand, PC, LLD, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 1947-53
Published 1958
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