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The Development and Use of Written Pleadings in Scots Civil Procedure [ tair Society (Series), 48.]
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Edinburgh : The Stair Society, 2006
ISBN 10: 1872517196
ISBN 13: 9781872517193
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Seller: Joseph Burridge Books, Dagenham, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: New. xvii, 242 pages ; 27 cm. Contents: Machine derived contents note: Introduction -- (i) Three Primary Questions ix -- (ii) A General Definition of Written Pleadings ix -- (iii) What is Meant by "Civil Procedure"? x -- (iv) Lessons From the History of the Development of Written -- Pleadings x -- (v) National Sensitivities and the Reform of Written Pleadings xiii -- (vi) Written Pleadings and Scots Law xiv -- (vii) Written Pleadings From an External Viewpoint xiv -- (viii) Outline of this Volume xvi -- Chapter One -- Procedure and Pleading in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries- -- The Start and Development of Written Pleadings -- (i) Introduction -- (ii) The Form of Process and Manner of Proceeding Before the -- Supreme Court from the Time of Its Institution 3 -- (iii) The Inner House and The Outer House 4 -- (iv) The Theory, Mechanics and Dynamics of Litigation Before the -- Court: The Bicameral Administration of Justice 8 -- (v) The Initial Stages of a Litigation Io -- (vi) The "Dispute" and the Role of the Concept of Relevancy 13 -- (vii) Relevancy, Syllogistic Argument and Practice 14 -- (viii) The Advocates' Pleading at the Disputing 19 -- (ix) Tactics Employed by the Advocates 20 -- (x) The First Steps Towards Written Pleadings-The Report, -- Solicitations and the Written Information 22 -- (xi) The Ordinary's Report and the New Role for Informations 26 -- (xii) Reclaiming Petitions 27 -- (xiii) The Developing Practice of Pleading by Written Documents 27 -- (xiv) More Pleading in Writing 29 -- (xv) The Court's Difficulties With Informations, Bills and Pleadings -- in Writing 30 -- (xvi) Pressures on the Court: The Development of Rules of Pleading -- in Writing 32 -- (xvii) Ongoing Reforms 34 -- (xviii) The Changing Nature of the Advocates' Function and the Effect -- of Written Pleading 34 -- (xix) Further Pressures on the Court 36 -- (xx) Conclusion 37 -- v -- Chapter Two -- An Era of Change: Re-defining the Theory of Written Pleadings and the -- Development of Civil Procedure, 1800-1825 -- (i) Introduction 39 -- (ii) Early Attempts at Change 41 -- (iii) Governmental Intervention and Scottish Sensibilities 42 -- (iv) A Different Approach-Swinton's Pamphlet and Reorganisation -- of the Court: Tackling the Problems from Within 46 -- (v) The Early Nineteenth-Century Form of Process and the Role -- Therein of Written Pleading 50 -- (vi) The Continued Prevalence of the Act before Answer 54 -- (vii) The Three R's: Representation, Reports and Reclaiming Petitions 59 -- (viii) The New Tory Government, the Court of Session Act i808 and -- the Reorganisation of the Court of Session 60 -- (ix) The Work of the 1808 Commission Appointed to Inquire into -- the Forms of Process in the Court of Session 62 -- (x) Act of Sederunt 7 February i8xo-More of the Same 64 -- (xi) The Commissioners' Second Report 65 -- (xii) Outstanding Business-The Introduction of Civil Jury Trial 65 -- (xiii) The Effect of the Jury Court on Written Pleading in the Court -- of Session 67 -- (xiv) The Work of the 1823 Commission 69 -- (xv) The Written Evidence to the Commission 70 -- (xvi) The 1824 Commissioners' Report: A New Scheme for Written -- Pleadings 73 -- (xvii) The 1824 Bill 75 -- (xviii) Conclusion 77 -- Chapter Three -- The Development of the "Form of Process" and the Role and -- Rules of Written Pleadings -- (i) Introduction 79 -- (ii) The Scheme of the 1825 Act and the New Judicial Duties 84 -- (iii) Strictness and Discipline Under the Judicature Act 1825- -- Charles Hope's New Broom 88 -- (iv) The New Strictness and the Development of "Rules of Written -- Pleading" 94 -- (v) Summonses 95 -- (vi) Defences 98 -- (vii) The Condescendence and Answers. 99 -- (viii) The "Practice and Experience" of the Judicature Act 1825 (and -- the Deviations) 101 -- (ix) The Profession's Desire for More Superintendence in the -- Preparation of Records and Striking Out Irrelevant Material 1og -- (x) The Commission's Report 1834 111 --etc etc. Seller Inventory # PGSTAIR15