The Scottish Legal System

5th Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-84766-704-5
Verlag: Bloomsbury

Buch, Englisch, 464 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 692 g

A course on the Scottish legal system is a compulsory part of undergraduate degrees in Scots Law. The Scottish Legal System sets out to present the legal system and law of Scotland as a unique and constantly changing human enterprise and places the Scottish legal system in its broader political and social contexts.

As well as case law on devolution and human rights issues in Scotland, this new fifth edition also covers:

The Treaty of Lisbon 2007 as it came into force in 2009;
The Scotland Act 2012;

The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007;

The Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010;

The Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010;
Reference is also made to further possible reforms to the system in the future resulting from the Gill Review of Civil Justice.

This text is an invaluable introduction for students and anyone with an interest in the Scottish legal system.

Autoren/Hrsg.

MacQueen, Hector

White, Robin

Willock, Ian D

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction;
2 Scotland - nation and state;
3 Institutions;
4 Institutions - courts, judges and tribunals;
5 Sources of Law;
6 Legislation - European Community law;
7 Legislation United Kingdom Parliamentary legislation (including the Human Rights Act 1998);
8 Legislation - Acts of the Scottish Parliament;
9 Legislation - United Kingdom delegated legislation;
10 Legislation - Scottish Delegated legislation;
11 Legislation - application and interpretation;
12 Judicial precedent - Ratio decidendi, Obiter dicta and Stare decisis;
13 Judicial precedent - the law reports;
14 Legal services;
15 Law reform.

Über Autor(innen)

MacQueen, Hector
Hector MacQueen is Professor of Private Law and Deputy Head of the College of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Edinburgh.

Timothy H. Lim is Reader in Hebrew and Old Testament Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Hector L. MacQueen is Professor of Private Law and Director, Shepherd and Wedderburn Centre for Research in Intellectual Property and Technology, University of Edinburgh. Calum Carmichael is Professor of Comparative Literature, Department of Comparative Literature and Adjunct Professor of Law, Cornell Law School, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

Robin M White is Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Law, University of Dundee, Ian D Willock is Emeritus Professor at the School of Law, University of Dundee and Hector MacQueen is a Scottish Law Commissioner and Professor of Private Law at the University of Edinburgh.