An Institute of the Law of Scotland
An Institute of the Law of Scotland

Author: John Erskine

Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press

Published: 2018-10-22

Total Pages: 596

ISBN-13: 9780343997212

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John Law
John Law

Author: James Buchan

Publisher: Quercus Publishing

Published: 2020-04-21

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781848666085

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At the summit of his power, John Law was the most famous man in Europe. Born in Scotland in 1671, he was convicted of murder in London and, after his escape from prison, fled Scotland for the mainland when Union with England brought with it a warrant for his arrest. On the continent he lurched from one money-making scheme to the next - selling insurance against losing lottery tickets in Holland, advising the Duke of Savoy - amassing a fortune of some £80,000. But for his next trick he had grander ambitions. When Louis XIV died, leaving a thoroughly bankrupt France to his five-year-old heir, Law gained the ear of the Regent, Philippe D'Orleans. In the years that followed, Law's financial wizardry transformed the fortunes of France, enriching speculators and investors across the continent, and he was made Controller-General of Finances, effectively becoming the French Prime Minister. But the fall from grace that was to follow was every bit as spectacular as his meteoric rise. John Law, by a biographer of Adam Smith and the author of Frozen Desire and Capital of the Mind, dramatises the life of one of the most inventive financiers in history, a man who was born before his time and in whose day the word millionaire came to be coined.

The Law of Contract in Scotland
The Law of Contract in Scotland

Author: William W. McBryde

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 818

ISBN-13: 9780414016064

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A comprehensive work on the Scots law of contract, this text combines clear principles with practical guidance on how to draft clauses. It covers all aspects of the law, including pre-contract negotiations and the formation of a contract.

The Law of Delict in Scotland
The Law of Delict in Scotland

Author: Elspeth Reid

Publisher: EUP

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781474416788

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In this important book, Elspeth Reid presents an integrated treatment of the law of Delict in Scotland. Alongside its focus upon the Scots sources, where appropriate it also gives full consideration to case law and commentary from other jurisdictions, especially England and Wales.

Legal Practice in Eighteenth-Century Scotland
Legal Practice in Eighteenth-Century Scotland

Author: John Finlay

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-07-14

Total Pages: 461

ISBN-13: 9004294945

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This book is the first monograph to analyse the workings of Scotland’s legal profession in its early modern European context. It is a comprehensive survey of lawyers working in the local and central courts; investigating how they interacted with their clients and with each other, the legal principles governing ethical practice, and how they fulfilled a social role through providing free services to the poor and also services to town councils and other corporations. Based heavily on a wide range of archival sources, and reflecting the contemporary importance of local societies of lawyers, John Finlay offers a groundbreaking yet accessible study of the eighteenth-century legal profession which adds a new dimension to our knowledge of Enlightenment Scotland.