Scottish Legal History Conference, Civil Law Centre, University of Aberdeen, 29 July 2011

University of Aberdeen's Civil Law Centre's Scottish Legal History Conference, 29 July 2011  

 A one-day conference providing a forum for academic presentation, discussion and debate of Scottish legal history and the development of Scots law.  

Speakers include:

JOHN FINLAY, SENIOR LECTURER, GLASGOW  
Notaries Public in Scotland, 1700-1799  
                                                              
CRAIG NEWBERRY-JONES, PHD CANDIDATE, EXETER   
Our Learned Friends? The Shifting Public Image of Barrister in the 19th Century Press  
                                                              
KAREN BASTON, PHD CANDIDATE, EDINBURGH   
Law Books in the Library of Charles Areskine, Lord Tinwald (1680-1763)  
                                                              
ANDREW SIMPSON, LECTURER, ABERDEEN   
The History of the Presumption of Ownership in Moveable Property  
                                                              
JOHN MCLEOD, LECTURER, GLASGOW   
The Reception of the actio Pauliana into Scots Law  
                                                              
PAUL DU PLESSIS, SENIOR LECTURER, EDINBURGH   
The Idea of Contract in Early Modern Europe  
                                                              
All those with an interest in Scottish legal history are warmly invited to attend. To register for the conference email Adelyn Wilson. There is no charge for attendance.