Oxford
University Press is publishing a new book on the spiritual jurisdiction in reformation
Scotland.
ABOUT THE
BOOK
Re-evalutes the medieval Church in
Reformation Scotland from the perspective of legal history
This book examines the Scottish Reformation from a new perspective--that of the legal system and lawyers. For the leading lawyers of the day, the Scottish Reformation presented a constitutional and jurisdictional crisis of the first order. In the face of such a challenge moderate judges, lawyers and officers of state sought to restore order in a time of revolution by retaining much of the medieval legacy of Catholic law and order in Scotland.
This book examines the Scottish Reformation from a new perspective--that of the legal system and lawyers. For the leading lawyers of the day, the Scottish Reformation presented a constitutional and jurisdictional crisis of the first order. In the face of such a challenge moderate judges, lawyers and officers of state sought to restore order in a time of revolution by retaining much of the medieval legacy of Catholic law and order in Scotland.
ABOUT THE
AUTHOR
Thomas Green is Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Law, University of Edinburgh
and a Director of The Scottish Archive Network (SCAN) Ltd.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Introduction
1. The Suppression of the Courts of the Catholic Church in Scotland
2. Revolution and Law: The Reformation Parliament, the Proclamation of Leith, and the Law of Oblivion
3. Papal and Episcopal Jurisdiction in Scotland following the Reformation Crisis
4. The Rise of the Courts of the Church of Scotland
5. The Lords of Council and Session
6. The Court of the Commissaries of Edinburgh
7. The Commissary Courts and the Jurisdiction of the Courts of the Church of Scotland
Conclusion
Appendix
Outline Chronology
Select Bibliography
Index
1. The Suppression of the Courts of the Catholic Church in Scotland
2. Revolution and Law: The Reformation Parliament, the Proclamation of Leith, and the Law of Oblivion
3. Papal and Episcopal Jurisdiction in Scotland following the Reformation Crisis
4. The Rise of the Courts of the Church of Scotland
5. The Lords of Council and Session
6. The Court of the Commissaries of Edinburgh
7. The Commissary Courts and the Jurisdiction of the Courts of the Church of Scotland
Conclusion
Appendix
Outline Chronology
Select Bibliography
Index
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