The Development of Commercial Law in Scotland, Volume 1
Concepts and Themes
Will be published approx. on 31. January 2026
Book
Hardback
456 pages
978-1-3995-1491-0 (ISBN)
Description
This edited collection is the first volume of a series that examines the development of commercial law in Scotland. This volume focuses on the meta-themes in the shaping of commercial law, from understanding commercial law as a whole, to the influence of different factors on its development. It provides novel analysis and conceptualisation of the factors which influenced the development of Scots commercial law, the contribution of key individuals and groups to that development, and the relevance of that development to modern Scots commercial law and practice. The book contains chapters written by recognised experts, including academic lawyers, historians and senior judges. This volume will therefore be essential reading for practitioners, academics and student readers.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
780 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3995-1491-0 (9781399514910)
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Persons
Jonathan Hardman is Senior Lecturer in Company and Commercial Law at the University of Edinburgh. Dr Alisdair MacPherson is Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law at the University of Aberdeen. He is the author of The Floating Charge (2020) and editor of Avizandum Statutes on Scots Commercial and Consumer Law. His work has also been published in leading law journals.
Alisdair D. J. MacPherson is Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law at the University of Aberdeen
Adelyn L M Wilson is the Head of Strathclyde Law School and a Professor of Law at the University of Strathclyde
Alisdair D. J. MacPherson is Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law at the University of Aberdeen
Adelyn L M Wilson is the Head of Strathclyde Law School and a Professor of Law at the University of Strathclyde
Content
Foreword
Patrick S. Hodge, Lord Hodge, Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
List of Contributors
Introduction
Jonathan Hardman, Alisdair D J MacPherson and Adelyn L M Wilson
1. Conceptions of Commercial Law in Scotland
Jonathan Hardman and Alisdair D J MacPherson
2. Commerce and Contract Law in Scotland
Hector L MacQueen
3. Public and Private Commercial Law Distinguished: The Impact of the 1707 Union on the Commercial Law of Scotland
Robert Brett Taylor
4. Before Bell: Scots Law, Commerce, and the British Empire in the Long Eighteenth Century
Andrew Mackillop
5. The Contribution of Commerce and Industry to Scots Commercial Law in the Eighteenth Century
Hunter Harris
6. The Use of the Civil law and the Law Merchant as Sources in the Works of George Joseph Bell
Laura Macgregor
7. "Elasticity" in the Legal Curriculum: The Introduction of the Class of Mercantile Law in the University of Edinburgh
John W Cairns
8. The Contribution of Practitioners to Scots Commercial Law
John Finlay
9. The Contribution of Law Reform to the Development of Scots Commercial Law
Colin Tyre, the Rt Hon Lord Tyre
10. The Contribution of the Judiciary to Scots Commercial Law
Sarah P L Wolffe, the Hon Lady Wolffe
11. Historical Approaches in Modern Commercial Law
Angus Glennie, the Rt Hon Lord Glennie
12. The Value of History to Modern Commercial Law
James Drummond Young, the Rt Hon Lord Drummond Young
Epilogue
Jonathan Hardman, Alisdair D J MacPherson and Adelyn L M Wilson
Index
Patrick S. Hodge, Lord Hodge, Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
List of Contributors
Introduction
Jonathan Hardman, Alisdair D J MacPherson and Adelyn L M Wilson
1. Conceptions of Commercial Law in Scotland
Jonathan Hardman and Alisdair D J MacPherson
2. Commerce and Contract Law in Scotland
Hector L MacQueen
3. Public and Private Commercial Law Distinguished: The Impact of the 1707 Union on the Commercial Law of Scotland
Robert Brett Taylor
4. Before Bell: Scots Law, Commerce, and the British Empire in the Long Eighteenth Century
Andrew Mackillop
5. The Contribution of Commerce and Industry to Scots Commercial Law in the Eighteenth Century
Hunter Harris
6. The Use of the Civil law and the Law Merchant as Sources in the Works of George Joseph Bell
Laura Macgregor
7. "Elasticity" in the Legal Curriculum: The Introduction of the Class of Mercantile Law in the University of Edinburgh
John W Cairns
8. The Contribution of Practitioners to Scots Commercial Law
John Finlay
9. The Contribution of Law Reform to the Development of Scots Commercial Law
Colin Tyre, the Rt Hon Lord Tyre
10. The Contribution of the Judiciary to Scots Commercial Law
Sarah P L Wolffe, the Hon Lady Wolffe
11. Historical Approaches in Modern Commercial Law
Angus Glennie, the Rt Hon Lord Glennie
12. The Value of History to Modern Commercial Law
James Drummond Young, the Rt Hon Lord Drummond Young
Epilogue
Jonathan Hardman, Alisdair D J MacPherson and Adelyn L M Wilson
Index