Publisher's Synopsis
A survey of Scottish private law outlining its scope, sources and literature, with a discussion of the basic doctrines and fundamental legal concepts.;The first part of the book introduces the reader to those aspects of the law which form the background to the study of its more detailed principles. In part 2 the volume covers international private law and in part 3, the law of persons in relation to the individual, and in relation to both unincorporated and incorporated associations.;The subject matter is covered systematically so that different branches of Scottish private law can be related to each other and to the whole as a rational entity.
