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Category: New Books

Peter Birks and the Roman Law of Obligations

Published 7 August 2014 by jcairns

When this blogger returned to the then Faculty of Law of the University of Edinburgh as a young lecturer, Peter Birks held the Chair of…

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An Enlightened Duke: new Biography of Archibald, 3rd Duke of Argyll

Published 24 April 2013 by jcairns

Your Blogger has long been interested in Archibald Campbell, third Duke of Argyll, and indeed in his writings has touched more than once on Argyll's…

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New Frontiers: Law and Society in the Roman World

Published 21 January 2013 by jcairns

One of the research themes and interest of the Centre for Legal History in Edinburgh has long been Roman Law and Society as a search back through…

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Tamm, The History of Danish Law

Published 10 January 2013 by jcairns

As an undergraduate, the only work of any Danish legal scholar with which I was familiar was that of Alf Ross, classed as a "Scandinavian…

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The Community of the College of Justice

Published 16 August 2012 by jcairns

Study and understanding of the history Scottish central court continues apace. In 2009, this blog noted the publication of Mark Godfrey's magisterial work on the College…

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