The chapters have been road-tested with law students. The textbook has been developed with input from legal history lecturers at a number of Scottish universities. Complex and dry legal history is presented through examples and anecdotes, to help students to engage with and understand the material. Material is divided into easily digested chunks, arranged from the perspective of legal history (rather than political, social or economic history)
Andrew R. C. Simpson is Lecturer in Law at the University of Aberdeen. Adelyn L.M. Wilson is Lecturer in Law at the University of Aberdeen.
It is therefore refreshing to find a new textbook that takes the most recent scholarship into account and that does not seem to be too pre-occupied with proving or disproving various narratives. For a textbook to be "useful" to students, the writing needs to be clear and concise while at the same time showing sensitivity to contested points and scholarly debates. This book has that in spades. This is an exceedingly good book. Not just in textbook terms, but also as a general history of Scots law. It succeeds admirably in capturing the reader with an engaging narrative and will no doubt be very popular with a broad audience (not only students). The editing has been done to the highest standards and the authors are to be commended for producing a very engaging read. Textbooks are rarely page-turners, but this one, indeed, is.
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