The Annual General Meeting of the Scottish Legal History Group will be held in the Reading Room of the Faculty of Advocates Library in Edinburgh on Saturday 5th October 2024. There is a full programme of outstanding speakers who will discuss topics ranging from the early mediaeval to the late modern periods.
10:00 – Coffee
10:30 – Prof Dauvit Broun (Glasgow), “Scottish kings as legislators: the earliest examples”
11:15 – Prof Laura Macgregor (Edinburgh), “The use of the civil law as a source in the works of George Joseph Bell”
12:00 – AGM
12:30 – Break for refreshments
14:00 – Prof James Chalmers (Glasgow), “The modern use of institutional writers by the Scottish criminal courts”
14:45 – Dr Jonathan Brown & Dr Mary Neal (Strathclyde), “‘Unduly Restrictive or Utterly Ineffective?’ The Criminalisation of Abortion and Concealment of Birth in Scotland”
15:30 – Prof Louise Jackson (Edinburgh), “Gender equalities at work: mobilising women’s legal rights in Scotland 1970-1998”
16:15 – Close
All those wishing to attend should contact Dr Leslie Dodd, Secretary and Treasurer, in advance, as the Faculty of Advocates may require a list of those attending the event as it has done in past years, and also because we need an idea of numbers for coffee in the morning. This year, the conference fee will be £10, or £5 for students. Cheques should be made out to “The Scottish Legal History Group” and participants are, of course, welcome to pay on the day.
If you have any further questions or if any of this is unclear, please do contact Dr Dodd for further details. As well as the email address, is postal address is:
Room 3/64
Craiglockhart Campus
Edinburgh Napier University
EH14 1DJ
