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Author : John Hay Athole Macdonald (Sir)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1368270031
Author : John Hay Athole Macdonald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Edinburgh (Scotland)
ISBN : UOM:39015068454928
Author : John Hay Athole Macdonald
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0428849970
Excerpt from Life Jottings of an Old Edinburgh Citizen ET not the reader suppose, as he opens this book, that he is invited to wade through an autobiography. What he will find is but a quilt made up of patches from the shelf Of memory. NO diary has ever been kept to supply copious extracts, such as too Often give anything but light reading, and too Often fail to present true pictures Of the diarist's life. The aim has been to fit together presentable patches, giv ing a blend Of natural colouring, as a well-pieced quilt, though made up Of shreds, may not Offend and possibly may give pleasure, and here and there be informing. If particular patches seem weari some, skipping may give relief. The compiler Of these Jottings would have satisfaction, were it possible for any reader to say that he - and still more were it she - had reached the word F inis without having to resist temptation to turn down pages unread. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 948 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015084508087
Author : Liz Hanson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-15
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781445635187
A wonderful collection of rare and previously unpublished images of Edinburgh a century ago, presented in full colour.
Author : Iain Gordon Brown
Publisher : Fonthill Media
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-14
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
In the years between about 1810 and 1840, Edinburgh―long and affectionately known as ‘Auld Reekie’―came to think of itself and be widely regarded as something else: the city became ‘Modern Athens’, an epithet later turned to ‘the Athens of the North’. The phrase is very well-known. It is also much used by those who have little understanding of the often confused and contradictory messages hidden within the apparent convenience of a trite or hackneyed term that conceals a myriad of nuanced meanings. This book examines the circumstances underlying a remarkable change in perception of a place and an age. It looks in detail at the ‘when’, the ‘by whom’, the ‘why’, the ‘how’, and the ‘with what consequences’ of this most interesting, if extremely complex, transformation of one city into an image―physical or spiritual, or both―of another. A very broad range of evidence is drawn upon, the story having not only topographical, artistic, and architectural dimensions but also social, cerebral, and philosophical ones. Edinburgh may well have been considered ‘Athenian’. But, in essence, it remained what it had always been. Maybe, however, for a brief period it was really a sort of hybrid: ‘Auld Greekie’.
Author : Angela Fernandez,Markus Dubber
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781847319234
'Law Books in Action: Essays on the Anglo-American Legal Treatise' explores the history of the legal treatise in the common law world. Rather than looking at treatises as shortcuts from 'law in books' to 'law in action', the essays in this collection ask what treatises can tell us about what troubled legal professionals at a given time, what motivated them to write what they did, and what they hoped to achieve. This book, then, is the first study of the legal treatise as a 'law book in action', an active text produced by individuals with ideas about what they wanted the law to be, not a mere stepping-stone to codes and other forms of legal writing, but a multifaceted genre of legal literature in its own right, practical and fanciful, dogmatic and ornamental in turn. This book will be of interest to legal scholars, lawyers and judges, as well as to anyone else with a scholarly interest in law in general, and legal history in particular.
Author : Alan Rodger
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2008-07-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780748637553
Commissioned by the Clark Foundation for Legal Education, this book is derived from the inaugural Jean Clark Lectures, hosted by the University of Aberdeen in 2007. Across three lectures, the Rt Hon. The Lord Rodger of Earlsferry discusses and analyses the legal and constitutional issues arising from the Disruption of the Church of Scotland in 1843 when the majority of leading ministers left the Church of Scotland to set up the Free Church. Lord Rodger takes a fresh look at the series of cases in the Court of Session and the House of Lords between 1837 and 1843 which led to the Disruption, showing how they gave rise to the most important constitutional crisis and challenge to the Courts' authority that had occurred since the 1707 Union."e;
Author : Hector MacQueen,Lorna Macfarlane
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781526523389
Studying Scots Law provides a highly readable account of the educational and training requirements for entry into the Scottish legal profession and provides essential information on law courses throughout Scotland as well as giving useful advice on study skills. Studying Scots Law provides law students with an invaluable source of reference throughout their studies. The new edition provides invaluable information on how the approach to teaching and studying has changed during Covid restrictions and the facilities universities have put in place to support students during this time. As well as a general background it also provides guidance on: - The nature and forms of legal education and what to expect from a study of the law - Advice on applying to university, studying, essay writing and exams - Treatment of electronic sources for study and research - Information on education funding
Author : Raymond Flood,Mark McCartney,Andrew Whitaker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199664375
James Clerk Maxwell (1831 -1879) was one of the most important mathematical physicists of all time. In scientific terms his immortality is enshrined in electromagnetism and Maxwell's equations, but as this book shows, there was much more to Maxwell than electromagnetism, both in terms of his science and his wider life.
Author : James Chalmers
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780748679294
This collection of essays honours the work of Sir Gerald Gordon CBE QC LLD (1929-). In modern times few, if any, individuals can have been as important to a single country's criminal law as Sir Gerald has been to the criminal law of Scotland. His monumental work The Criminal Law of Scotland (1967) is the foundation of modern Scottish criminal law and is recognised internationally as a major contribution to academic work on the subject. Elsewhere, he has made significant contributions as an academic, judge and as a member of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission. Reflecting the academic rigour and practical application of Sir Gerald's work, this volume includes essays on criminal law theory, substantive law and evidence and procedure by practitioners and academics within and outside of Scotland, including contributions from England, Ireland and the USA.
Author : James Taylor
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199695799
Should businessmen who commit fraud go to prison? This question has been asked repeatedly since 2008. It was also raised in nineteenth-century Britain when the spread of corporate capitalism created enormous new opportunities for dishonesty. Historians have presented Victorian Britain as a haven for white-collar criminals, beneficiaries of a prejudiced criminal justice system which only dealt harshly with offences by the poor. Boardroom Scandal challenges these beliefs. Based on an unparalleled sample of legal cases - many examined here for the first time - James Taylor presents a radical new interpretation of the relationship between capitalism and the law. Initially, there were no criminal sanctions against publishing false prospectuses, concealing losses in balance sheets, and even misappropriating company money. But parliament became convinced of the need to criminalize these practices to protect the culture of stock market investment on which mid-Victorian prosperity increasingly rested. Persuading judges to play along was harder, with many invoking the principle of caveat emptor to exonerate defendants. But by the end of the century, successful prosecutions of company executives were commonplace. These trials performed multiple functions: they stabilized confidence in times of crisis; they dramatized the class blindness of the law; and they were increasingly seen as essential as faith in a self-regulating economy ebbed. The criminalization of fraud, therefore, has far-reaching implications for our understanding of nineteenth-century Britain. It also has relevance today in light of the on-going economic crisis and the issues it raises regarding business ethics and the role of the state.
Author : Ralph Lownie
Publisher : Timewell Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Edinburgh (Scotland)
ISBN : 1857252047
In this widely-praised anthology Ralph Lownie draws on a wide range of sources, including speeches, memoirs, letters, poems, novels and journals, to capture the physicality and spirit of Scotlands capital.
Author : Robert Megarry
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005-11-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781847310903
Should horses in Charleston be required to wear diapers? Does the hotchpot rule apply when dividing a testator's 17 residuary elephants? Which verse in the Old Testament was the life-saving 'neck' verse? May sexual intercourse be conducted on a without prejudice basis? These questions and many others like them are raised but not always fully answered in A New Miscellany-at-Law. This follows the same style as its two predecessors but consists of entirely new material, some of it suggested by the readers of the first two volumes. Like them, it collects accounts of strange and remarkable cases, striking court-room exchanges, wise and witty utterances from the Bench, and much else that illumines the law. For the common law world its reach is global, with many riches from the USA; and Scotland is not forgotten. Although the book is primarily for lawyers, a glossary and explanatory footnotes enable non-lawyers to share in the humour. Some may read the book from cover to cover; but for most there will be the pleasures of browsing, often surprisingly prolonged. A New Miscellany-at-Law also includes many other jewels. There is the touching Conveyancer's Ode to His Beloved, the court's refusal to consider whether bees should be classified as invitees, licensees or trespassers, a deplorable account of a wife being part-exchanged for a Newfoundland dog, the future Lord Denning's reference to a wife who was actually committing adultery while denying it in the witness box, and 'fustum funnidos tantaraboo' in Chancery.
Author : John Doogan,Edith Girvan
Publisher : Heinemann
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0435326929
Designed to cover the most up-to-date Standard Grade requirements, these books should provide everything you need to prepare your students for their exams. There are exam-style questions and full-colour presentation throughout.