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Continuity, Influences and Integration in Scottish Legal History : Select Essays of David Sellar /
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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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2022]
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| Colección: | Edinburgh Studies in Law : ESL
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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