Legal practice in eighteenth-century Scotland / / by John Finlay.
This book is the first monograph to analyse the workings of Scotland’s legal profession in its early modern European context. It is a comprehensive survey of lawyers working in the local and central courts; investigating how they interacted with their clients and with each other, the legal principle...
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| Superior document: | Legal History Library, Volume 18 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2015. ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Legal history library ;
Volume 18. Legal history library. Studies in the history of private law ; Volume 9. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (461 pages) :; illustrations. |
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| Summary: | This book is the first monograph to analyse the workings of Scotland’s legal profession in its early modern European context. It is a comprehensive survey of lawyers working in the local and central courts; investigating how they interacted with their clients and with each other, the legal principles governing ethical practice, and how they fulfilled a social role through providing free services to the poor and also services to town councils and other corporations. Based heavily on a wide range of archival sources, and reflecting the contemporary importance of local societies of lawyers, John Finlay offers a groundbreaking yet accessible study of the eighteenth-century legal profession which adds a new dimension to our knowledge of Enlightenment Scotland. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9004294945 |
| ISSN: | 1874-1793 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by John Finlay. |