The community of the College of Justice : Edinburgh and the Court of Session, 1687-1808 / John Finlay.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

A unique institution in a unique jurisdiction: an institutional history of Scotland's eighteenth-century legal community. How important can a court and its members be in influencing the development of a country? In Scotland's case, the answer is surprising. The remarkable metamorphosis of eighteenth-century Edinburgh, from crisis conditions in the 1690s through the Union to the intellectual heights of Enlightenment and the development of the spectacular New Town, owed a great deal to those who spent their professional lives working in the Court of Session as members of the unique institution kn.

Acknowledgements; abbreviations and references; 1 introduction; 2 the college and the urban community; 3 the college and urban administration; 4 the lords of session; 5 advocates; 6 writers to the signet; 7 the working chambers of the college; 8 subordinate and minor office-holders in the college; 9 conclusion; appendix 1; appendix 2; appendix 3; bibliography; index of subjects; index of persons; index of judicial titles