Memoir of Sir James Dalrymple, First Viscount Stair, President of the Court of Session in Scotland and Author of the "Institutions of the Law of Scotland"

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Excerpt from Memoir of Sir James Dalrymple, First Viscount Stair, President of the Court of Session in Scotland and Author of the "Institutions of the Law of Scotland": A Study in the History of Scotland and Scotch Law During the Seventeenth CenturyFor an account of his public acts and an estimate Of his character as a Statesman, Judge, and Author, there is ample matter, which I have tried to condense rather than to exhaust.How far it has been necessary to enter into general history is elsewhere explained.While giving Stair his place as the central figure, the attempt has been made to trace the progress Of Scotch law during the seventeenth century, its golden age - like other golden ages not without much dross, - and to commemorate some of the more eminent Of his contemporaries, both legal and political.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.