Civil Justice in Renaissance Scotland
The Origins of a Central Court
Seiten
2009
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-17466-5 (ISBN)
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-17466-5 (ISBN)
Drawing on archival research into jurisdictional change, litigation and dispute settlement, this book provides a fundamental reassessment of the origins of a central court in Scotland, arguing for the overriding significance of the foundation of the College of Justice in 1532.
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.
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.
A.M. Godfrey, M.A., LL.B., Ph.D. is Lecturer in Scots Law at the University of Glasgow. He previously lectured at the University of Aberdeen and has been a visiting research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History in Frankfurt.
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The Medieval Scottish Parliament as a Central Court
2. The Evolution of the Session 1426-1532
3. The Foundation of the College of Justice
4. The Procedure of the Session
5. The Jurisdiction of the Session
6. Jurisdiction over Fee and Heritage
7. The Jurisdiction of the Session of Fee and Heritage
8. Litigation, Arbitration and Dispute resolution before the Session
9. The Role of the Session in Dispute Resolution
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 7.4.2009 |
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Reihe/Serie | Medieval Law and Its Practice ; 4 |
Verlagsort | Leiden |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 160 x 240 mm |
Gewicht | 1015 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 90-04-17466-4 / 9004174664 |
ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-17466-5 / 9789004174665 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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