Civil Justice in Renaissance Scotland

The Origins of a Central Court
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-04-17466-5
Verlag: Koninklijke Brill NV

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 488 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 700 g

Reihe: Medieval Law and Its Practice

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.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in the history of law, dispute settlement, and the state in late medieval and early modern Europe, as well as in the Court of Session and Scottish history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Godfrey, Andrew Mark

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.