Justice and Society in the Highlands of Scotland

Justice and Society in the Highlands of Scotland PDF Author: Charles Fletcher
Publisher: Legal History Library
ISBN: 9789004472518
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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Book Description
"The rationale of this book is to provide a systematic overview of the functions of a seigneurial jurisdiction in the Scottish Highlands prior to the Heritable Jurisdictions Act 1747. In doing so, a detailed picture of life in the Highlands during this period emerges from the sources. These sources are the five surviving court books left by the regality court of Grant. These begin in the year 1690 and end in 1729"--