Author: George W. Keeton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The British Commonwealth
Author: George W. Keeton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Le Mot et L'idée - ANGLAIS
Author: Jean Rey
Publisher: Editions OPHRYS
ISBN: 9782708000292
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Publisher: Editions OPHRYS
ISBN: 9782708000292
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Law and Opinion in Scotland during the Seventeenth Century
Author: John D Ford
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1847313981
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
In Britain at least, changes in the law are expected to be made by the enactment of statutes or the decision of cases by senior judges. Lawyers express opinions about the law but do not expect their opinions to form part of the law. It was not always so. This book explores the relationship between the opinions expressed by lawyers and the development of the law of Scotland in the century preceding the parliamentary union with England in 1707, when it was decided that the private law of Scotland was sufficiently distinctive and coherent to be worthy of preservation. Credit for this surprising decision, which has resulted in the survival of two separate legal systems in Britain, has often been given to the first Viscount Stair, whose Institutions of the Law of Scotland had appeared in a revised edition in 1693. The present book places Stair's treatise in historical context and asks whether it could have been his intention in writing to express the type of authoritative opinions that could have been used to consolidate the emerging law, and whether he could have been motivated in writing by a desire to clarify the relationship between the laws of Scotland and England. In doing so the book provides a fresh account of the literature and practice of Scots law in its formative period and at the same time sheds light on the background to the 1707 union. It will be of interest to legal historians and Scots lawyers, but it should also be accessible to lay readers who wish to know more about the law and legal history of Scotland
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1847313981
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
In Britain at least, changes in the law are expected to be made by the enactment of statutes or the decision of cases by senior judges. Lawyers express opinions about the law but do not expect their opinions to form part of the law. It was not always so. This book explores the relationship between the opinions expressed by lawyers and the development of the law of Scotland in the century preceding the parliamentary union with England in 1707, when it was decided that the private law of Scotland was sufficiently distinctive and coherent to be worthy of preservation. Credit for this surprising decision, which has resulted in the survival of two separate legal systems in Britain, has often been given to the first Viscount Stair, whose Institutions of the Law of Scotland had appeared in a revised edition in 1693. The present book places Stair's treatise in historical context and asks whether it could have been his intention in writing to express the type of authoritative opinions that could have been used to consolidate the emerging law, and whether he could have been motivated in writing by a desire to clarify the relationship between the laws of Scotland and England. In doing so the book provides a fresh account of the literature and practice of Scots law in its formative period and at the same time sheds light on the background to the 1707 union. It will be of interest to legal historians and Scots lawyers, but it should also be accessible to lay readers who wish to know more about the law and legal history of Scotland
The Scottish Political System Since Devolution
Author: Paul Cairney
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 184540338X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
This book presents a narrative of Scottish politics since devolution in 1999. It compares eight years of coalition government under Scottish Labour and the Scottish Liberal Democrats with four years of Scottish National Party minority government. It outlines the relative effect of each government on Scottish politics and public policy in various contexts, including: high expectations for ‘new politics' that were never fully realised; the influence of, and reactions from, the media and public; the role of political parties; the Scottish Government's relations with the UK Government, EU institutions, local government, quasi-governmental and non-governmental actors; and, the finance available to fund policy initiatives. It then considers how far Scotland has travelled on the road to constitutional change, comparing the original devolved framework with calls for independence or a new devolution settlement. The book draws heavily on information produced since 1999 by the Scottish Devolution Monitoring project (which forms one part of the devolution monitoring project led by the Constitution Unit, UCL) and is supplemented by new research on public policy, minority government, intergovernmental relations and constitutional change.
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 184540338X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
This book presents a narrative of Scottish politics since devolution in 1999. It compares eight years of coalition government under Scottish Labour and the Scottish Liberal Democrats with four years of Scottish National Party minority government. It outlines the relative effect of each government on Scottish politics and public policy in various contexts, including: high expectations for ‘new politics' that were never fully realised; the influence of, and reactions from, the media and public; the role of political parties; the Scottish Government's relations with the UK Government, EU institutions, local government, quasi-governmental and non-governmental actors; and, the finance available to fund policy initiatives. It then considers how far Scotland has travelled on the road to constitutional change, comparing the original devolved framework with calls for independence or a new devolution settlement. The book draws heavily on information produced since 1999 by the Scottish Devolution Monitoring project (which forms one part of the devolution monitoring project led by the Constitution Unit, UCL) and is supplemented by new research on public policy, minority government, intergovernmental relations and constitutional change.
Bibliotheca Lindesiana ...
Author: James Ludovic Lindsay Earl of Crawford
Publisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1572
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1572
Book Description
A Floating Commonwealth
Author: Christopher Harvie
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198227833
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
This is a new portrait of society and identity in high industrial Britain, focusing on the sea as connector, not barrier. It argues that the port cities and their hinterlands formed a 'floating commonwealth' whose interaction with one another and with nationalist and imperial politics created an intense political and cultural synergy.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198227833
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
This is a new portrait of society and identity in high industrial Britain, focusing on the sea as connector, not barrier. It argues that the port cities and their hinterlands formed a 'floating commonwealth' whose interaction with one another and with nationalist and imperial politics created an intense political and cultural synergy.
Publications of the Scottish History Society
Author: Scottish History Society
Publisher:
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Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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The Statesmen of the Commonwealth of England
Author: John Forster
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 728
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Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 728
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The Claim of Scotland
Author: H. J. Paton
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000439658
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Originally published in 1968, and at a time when discontent with Westminster was growing along with the desire for an independent Scottish government, this book gives historical background but also discusses 20th Century political, administrative, legal and economic matters. Scottish law and taxation are discussed, as is education, industry, transport, migration and unemployment as part of the discussion to understand the growing movement of Scottish Nationalism.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000439658
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Originally published in 1968, and at a time when discontent with Westminster was growing along with the desire for an independent Scottish government, this book gives historical background but also discusses 20th Century political, administrative, legal and economic matters. Scottish law and taxation are discussed, as is education, industry, transport, migration and unemployment as part of the discussion to understand the growing movement of Scottish Nationalism.
Citizenship and Identity in a Multinational Commonwealth
Author: Karin Friedrich
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004169830
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
This work is an attempt to change thinking not only on the political practice and the role of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in a European context (both East and West), but to also connect the early modern past with present notions of citizenship and participatory political systems.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004169830
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
This work is an attempt to change thinking not only on the political practice and the role of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in a European context (both East and West), but to also connect the early modern past with present notions of citizenship and participatory political systems.