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#60Billsfor60Years Today's bill significantly modernised and simplified the law in Scotland regarding the need for writing in certain legal transactions. Report: scotlawcom.gov.uk/files/1512/949…

Commission of Oyer and Terminer, signed 29 May 1820. This commission granted authority to prosecute those involved in the Radical Rising of 1820. The trial papers from prosecutions relating to the unrest are available to view online 👇 bit.ly/NRSRadicals1820

#60billsfor60years Today we spotlight a Bill that brought important reform to a once-uncertain area of Scots law. Report: scotlawcom.gov.uk/files/9712/801…

Are you a researcher interested in the history of law and labour in Scotland? Would you like to attend a workshop on this topic? See below for details of a workshop to be held at the University of Strathclyde on 19 June 2025

To mark our 60th anniversary, the Commission is delighted to launch a new campaign: "60 Bills for 60 Years" 🎉 Over the course of 2025, we will spotlight 60 different bills - one for each year of law reform - that have helped to transform the law of Scotland. #60Billsfor60Years

A quote from slave David Spens asserting his status as a free man. David Dalrymple of Fife petitioned the Court of Session to have Spens returned to his service in 1769, estimating his worth at sixty pounds. Find out more from our court records 👇 bit.ly/SpensDalrymple

The upcoming Sources of Scottish History conference will feature talks on Scots and Empire, manuscripts, legal sources, and much more. Hosted by our friends at the Scottish History Society in Edinburgh on Saturday 29 March, tickets are available now: tickettailor.com/events/scottis…

Bravo to @DrGillianBlack & @alice_krzanich for an excellent @StairSociety 90th anniversary celebratory Moot in Edinburgh today, where law undergrads from @aberdeenuni faced @EdinburghUni in front of Lord Ericht & @MacqueenHector Everyone did tremendously…a fantastic event! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The Douglas Cause of the 1760s was arguably Scotland's greatest legal controversy of the century, one which ended in both wild celebrations and riots. This huge volume is a set of the legal papers from the case belonging to Robert McQueen, one of the advocates in the action.. (1)

Last call to attend the Stair Society Legal History Moot this coming Saturday! Come celebrate 90 years of the Society. Details on how to book a ticket below

See link for more information on free books on Scottish ethnology, including a volume on law stairsociety.org/free-books/

Our legal history moot to celebrate 90 years of the Stair Society takes place this coming Saturday! There are still tickets to watch the moot only: eventbrite.com/e/stair-societ…

A Scottish handwriting poser, from papers of the High Court of Justiciary, 14 February 1677. When and where did the “witches” meet? We’ll post the answer later!

Come and celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Stair Society! A legal history moot - and lunch - is taking place in Edinburgh on 1 March - more information below

See below for more information about the 2025 Scottish History Society conference - it includes a panel on legal sources for Scottish history!

New on the Strathclyde Law Blog, a post by our accelerated LLB student Callum Butterworth. Callum was a George Joseph Bell Summer Scholar in 2024 (supported by @EdinLawSeminars), when he studied the property law rules around joining moveables together. strath.ac.uk/humanities/law…

A bullet and pistol cartridges found in case papers from a murder trial. An argument between friends on 8 February 1902 escalated with grave consequences, on a ship docked in Glasgow. Learn more from our criminal case files 👇 bit.ly/NRSDeadlyShot