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28 June 2019

BOOK: Thomas GREEN, The Spiritual Jurisdiction in Reformation Scotland - A Legal History (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2019). ISBN 9780748699988, $110.00




(Source: OUP)

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.

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

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