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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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Lawyers and Legal Practice
  • 3 Income
  • 4 Management
  • 5 Ethics and Etiquette
  • 6 Pro Bono
  • 7 Societies
  • 8 Solidarity
  • 9 Burghs
  • 10 Procurators Fiscal
  • 11 Notaries
  • 12 Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Select Bibliography
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index.