Outputs (19)

The Scottish Witch Hunts: the Religious and Legal Contexts (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dodd, L. (2021, October). The Scottish Witch Hunts: the Religious and Legal Contexts. Paper presented at Witches' Stories: Folk healers and midwives accused and persecuted for helping others (1563-1736), Edinburgh [Online]

An examination of the religious and legal contexts for the witch hunts of 16th and 17th century Scotland.

The Scots Law of Intestacy: Whence? Where? Whither? (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dodd, L. (2021, September). The Scots Law of Intestacy: Whence? Where? Whither?. Paper presented at Edinburgh Napier Research Seminar Series, Edinburgh

An overview of the origins of current Scots intestacy law, the major problems posed by the current intestacy regime, and proposals for the possible reform.

Legal Practice in Modern History (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dodd, L. (2021, May). Legal Practice in Modern History. Paper presented at Legal History in Modern Practice, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen

The Romans envisioned history as a moral didactic, the purpose of which was to present stories about deeds accomplished by historical figures and to challenge readers to emulate those deeds, often by contrasting, for rhetorical purposes, the supposed... Read More about Legal Practice in Modern History.

The Vita Cragii of James Baillie (2020)
Book Chapter
Dodd, L. (2020). The Vita Cragii of James Baillie. In A. M. Godfrey (Ed.), Miscellany VIII (265-283). Edinburgh: Stair Society. https://doi.org/10.36098/stairsoc/misc8.7

A Latin edition and annotated English translation of the advocate James Baillie's 1732 biography of Thomas Craig.

No Oral Modification Clauses: Solid as a Rock (2019)
Journal Article
Dodd, L. (2019). No Oral Modification Clauses: Solid as a Rock. Juridical Review, 2019(4), 342-349

This is an analysis of the 2018 UK Supreme Court case Rock Advertising Ltd v MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd, which concerned the legal validity of No Oral Modification clauses.

Thomas Craig on the origin and development of feudal law (2019)
Journal Article
Dodd, L. (2019). Thomas Craig on the origin and development of feudal law. Legal History Review / Revue d'Histoire du Droit / Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis, 87(1-2), 86-127. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718190-08712P04

When Thomas Craig (c.1538-1608) wrote his great treatise on Scottish feudal practice, the Jus feudale, he devoted a considerable part of the first book to legal origins. This article deals with Craig’s treatment narrative on the origins of feudal law... Read More about Thomas Craig on the origin and development of feudal law.

Morris-Garner v One Step (Support) Ltd: Limiting the Scope of Gain-Based Damages (2019)
Journal Article
Dodd, L. (2019). Morris-Garner v One Step (Support) Ltd: Limiting the Scope of Gain-Based Damages. Edinburgh Law Review, 23(2), 242-247. https://doi.org/10.3366/elr.2019.0552

This is an analysis of the UK Supreme Court case Morris-Garner v One Step (Support) Limited, concerning the nature and scope of gain-based damages.

Jus feudale tribus libris comprehensum Book 1 (2017)
Book
Craig, T. (2017). L. Dodd (Ed.), Jus feudale tribus libris comprehensum Book 1. The Stair Society

Thomas Craig's Jus feudale was the first comprehensive legal treatise be written in Scotland. As its title indicates, its subject is the feudal law. It is a book concerned chiefly with immovable property, with the ownership and possession of land, a... Read More about Jus feudale tribus libris comprehensum Book 1.

Kinship, conflict and unity among Roman elites in post-Roman Gaul: The contrasting experiences of Caesarius and Avitus (2016)
Book Chapter
Dodd, L. (2016). Kinship, conflict and unity among Roman elites in post-Roman Gaul: The contrasting experiences of Caesarius and Avitus. In Official power and local elites in the Roman provinces (168-187). London: Routledge

The 5th century saw the end of Roman imperial power in the West. Academic debate continues about whether the Empire collapsed or transformed and survived in the form of the barbarian successor states in Gaul, Italy and Spain.1 For the purposes of thi... Read More about Kinship, conflict and unity among Roman elites in post-Roman Gaul: The contrasting experiences of Caesarius and Avitus.

The legal writings of Thomas Craig (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dodd, L. (2016, June). The legal writings of Thomas Craig. Presented at Legal Literature in Sixteenth-Century Scotland, University of Aberdeen

This paper deals with the author's ongoing work on the legal writings of Thomas Craig and explores some of the issues that have arisen, particularly with respect to Craig's cultural context and literary influences.