Legal Practice in Eighteenth-Century Scotland

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-29493-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 18/9, 450 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 885 g

Reihe: Legal History Library / Studies in the History of Private Law

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Finlay, John

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements. vii
List of Illustrations. viii
Abbreviations. ix
Glossary. xi

1 Introduction. 1
2 Lawyers and Legal Practice. 31
3 Income. 70
4 Management. 110
5 Ethics and Etiquette. 153
6 Pro Bono. 186
7 Societies. 225
8 Solidarity. 260
9 Burghs. 287
10 Procurators Fiscal. 319
11 Notaries. 360
12 Conclusion. 390

Appendix. 413
Select Bibliography. 417
Name Index. 427
Subject Index. 438

Über Autor(innen)

John Finlay, Ph.D. (1998), is Professor of Scots Law at the University of Glasgow. He has published monographs and many articles on the history of Scotland’s legal profession, including The Community of the College of Justice (Edinburgh University Press, 2012).