The Scottish Legal System
The Scottish Legal System presents the legal system and law of Scotland as unique and constantly changing and covers not only the central aspects of the system, such as the courts and the legal profession, but also the common areas with constitutional law and jurisprudence.
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The Scottish Legal System
The Scottish Legal System presents the legal system and law of Scotland as unique and constantly changing and covers not only the central aspects of the system, such as the courts and the legal profession, but also the common areas with constitutional law and jurisprudence.
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The Scottish Legal System

The Scottish Legal System

by Megan Dewart
The Scottish Legal System

The Scottish Legal System

by Megan Dewart

Paperback(7th ed.)

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The Scottish Legal System presents the legal system and law of Scotland as unique and constantly changing and covers not only the central aspects of the system, such as the courts and the legal profession, but also the common areas with constitutional law and jurisprudence.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781526526649
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 07/17/2025
Edition description: 7th ed.
Pages: 472
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Megan Dewart is Law Clerk to Lord Carloway Lord President and is a tutor in law at Edinburgh University.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction
2 Scotland – nation and state
3 Institutions – the constitutional background
4 Institutions – courts, tribunals, judges and procedure
5 Sources of law
6 Legislation – European Union law
7 Legislation – United Kingdom Parliamentary legislation (including the Human Rights Act 1998)
8 Legislation – Acts of the Scottish Parliament
9 Legislation – United Kingdom delegated legislation
10 Legislation – Scottish delegated legislation
11 Legislation – application, construction and interpretation: statutory interpretation
12 Precedent – ratio decidendi, obiter dicta and stare decisis
13 Precedent – law reports
14 Legal services
15 Law reform
Appendix 1
A note on the nature of rules
Appendix 2
Scottish Courts (simplified)
English and Welsh Courts (simplified)
Northern Ireland Courts (simplified)
Appendix 3
'Europe'

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