| Author | : Margaret L. Ross |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 717 |
| Release | : 2015-01-01 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 1780435746 |
Rev. ed. of: The law of evidence in Scotland / by Allan Grierson Walker and Norman MacDonald Lockhart Walker. 1964.
Walker and Walker: The Law of Evidence in Scotland
| Author | : Margaret L Ross |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 751 |
| Release | : 2020-11-13 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 1526514478 |
A comprehensive and detailed examination of the law of evidence in the broadest of civil and criminal contexts. The emphasis is upon rigorous examination of the issues affecting all who work with the law of evidence whether in court, chamber practice or legal education. The fifth edition takes account of a range of relevant new legislation, including the following statutes: · Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) (Scotland) Act 2019 · Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 · Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016 · Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc (Scotland) Act 2016 · Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 It includes relevant case law, including significant developments in respect of opinion evidence, real evidence and corroboration.
Miscarriages of Justice
| Author | : Clive Walker |
| Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
| Total Pages | : 438 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 1854316877 |
The authors examine the various steps within the criminal justice system which have resulted in the conviction of the innocent, and suggest remedies as to how miscarriages might be avoided in the future. The contributors comprise academics, campaigners and practitioners.
Scottish Criminal Evidence Law
| Author | : Peter Duff |
| Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2018-12-31 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 1474414796 |
Why did Enlightenment happen in Edinburgh?
Essays in Criminal Law in Honour of Sir Gerald Gordon
| Author | : James Chalmers |
| Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
| Total Pages | : 376 |
| Release | : 2010-10-31 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 0748679294 |
This collection of essays honours the work of Sir Gerald Gordon CBE QC LLD (1929-). In modern times few, if any, individuals can have been as important to a single country's criminal law as Sir Gerald has been to the criminal law of Scotland. His monumental work The Criminal Law of Scotland (1967) is the foundation of modern Scottish criminal law and is recognised internationally as a major contribution to academic work on the subject. Elsewhere, he has made significant contributions as an academic, judge and as a member of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission. Reflecting the academic rigour and practical application of Sir Gerald's work, this volume includes essays on criminal law theory, substantive law and evidence and procedure by practitioners and academics within and outside of Scotland, including contributions from England, Ireland and the USA.
Law and Legal Consciousness in Medieval Scotland
| Author | : Hector L. MacQueen |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 615 |
| Release | : 2023-10-20 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9004683763 |
This book explores the rise of a Scottish common law from the twelfth century on despite the absence until around 1500 of a secular legal profession. Key stimuli were the activity of church courts and canon lawyers in Scotland, coupled with the example provided by neighbouring England’s common law. The laity’s legal consciousness arose from exposure to law by way of constant participation in legal processes in court and daily transactions. This experience enabled some to become judges, pleaders in court and transactional lawyers and lay the foundations for an emergent professional group by the end of the medieval period.
