Continuity, Influences and Integration in Scottish Legal History : : Select Essays of David Sellar / / ed. by Hector L. MacQueen.
Brings together 15 principal essays by David Sellar (1941–2019), reflecting his pioneering contribution to Scottish legal history Groups essays into topics, covering Celtic law and institutions, the influence of Canon and English law across a wide range of legal subjects (including family law, succe...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Edinburgh Studies in Law : ESL
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (408 p.) :; 15 B/W illustrations |
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Table of 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