A Mixed Legal System in Transition: T. B. Smith and the Progress of Scots Law - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1399571753 ISBN 13: 9781399571753

Casa editrice: Edinburgh University Press, 2026

Riassunto

This collection of essays considers the work of Professor Sir Thomas Smith QC (1915–1988) and, through that work, the development of Scots law as a mixed legal system. Smith was a leading figure in the revival of Scots law which began in the 1950s. Well-known internationally as a comparatist, he was the pioneer of the idea of a grouping of mixed legal systems. Yet in Scotland he was a controversial figure, whose advocacy of the civil law tradition was challenged and whose legacy is disputed. This volume is the first sustained attempt to assess Smith's career, and his writing, methodology, ideology and influence. The contributors approach their subject from different angles and in different ways. Two contributors are from other mixed legal systems (South Africa and Louisiana).

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Informazioni sugli autori

Elspeth Reid is Professor of Scottish Private Law at the University of Edinburgh. She has published extensively in Scotland and abroad on comparative private law themes, including in particular the law of delict/tort. She is the Series Editor of the Edinburgh Studies in Law monograph series.

David Carey Miller is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Edinburgh and Analysis Editor of the Edinburgh Law Review

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Edinburgh University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2026
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1399571753
• ISBN 13: 9781399571753
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 340
• Redattore: Elspeth Reid, David Carey Miller
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