Civil justice in Renaissance Scotland : : the origins of a central court / / by A.M. Godfrey.

• Author: Godfrey, Mark (Law teacher)
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Brill,, 2009.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Medieval Law and Its Practice 4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (504 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Materials /; Introduction Jurisdiction And Central Courts In Later Medieval Europe /; Chapter One. The Medieval Scottish Parliament As A Central Court /; Chapter Two. The Evolution Of The Session 1426–1532 /; Chapter Three. The Foundation Of The College Of Justice /; Chapter Four. The Procedure Of The Session /; Chapter Five. The Jurisdiction Of The Session /; Chapter Six. Jurisdiction Over Fee And Heritage /; Chapter Seven. The Jurisdiction Of The Session Over Fee And Heritage /; Chapter Eight. Litigation, Arbitration And Dispute Resolution Before The Session /; Chapter Nine. The Role Of The Session In Dispute Resolution /; Conclusion /; Appendices /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [461]-471) and an index.
• ISBN: 1282601563; 9786612601569; 9047428129
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by A.M. Godfrey.

This book offers a fundamental reassessment of the origins of a central court in Scotland. It examines the early judicial role of Parliament, the development of “the Session” in the fifteenth century as a judicial sitting of the King’s Council, and its reconstitution as the College of Justice in 1532. Drawing on new archival research into jurisdictional change, litigation and dispute settlement, the book breaks with established interpretations and argues for the overriding significance of the foundation of the College of Justice as a supreme central court administering civil justice. This signalled a fundamental transformation in the medieval legal order of Scotland, reflecting a European pattern in which new courts of justice developed out of the jurisdiction of royal councils.