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Description of  Comparative Perspectives in Scottish and Norwegian Legal History, Trade and Seafaring, 1200-1800 (Edinburgh Studies in Law)

This book brings together experts in Norwegian and Scottish legal, economic and political history to explore significant points of contact and similarities in the ways in which the laws of Scotland and Norway developed. It breaks new ground, considering Scots law in terms of its historical interactions and similarities with another national legal system, rather than in terms of its place at the intersection between the common law and the civilian traditions. Read more