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  2. Scottish criminal law - Wikipedia

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    Scots criminal law relies far more heavily on common law than in England and Wales. Scottish criminal law includes offences against the person of murder , culpable homicide , rape and assault , offences against property such as theft and malicious mischief, and public order offences including mobbing and breach of the peace .

  3. Scots law - Wikipedia

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    The United Kingdom, judicially, consists of three jurisdictions: England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. [4] There are important differences among Scots law, English law and Northern Irish law in areas such as property law, criminal law, trust law, [8] inheritance law, evidence law and family law while there are greater similarities in areas of UK-wide interest such as commercial ...

  4. Act of Adjournal - Wikipedia

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    The Treaty of Union between Scotland and England, which formed the Kingdom of Great Britain, required that the High Court of Justiciary "remain in all time coming, as it is now constituted by the laws of [the Kingdom of Scotland]." As a result, the Courts Act 1672 continues to be the original source of the court's authority to regulate.

  5. History of English criminal law - Wikipedia

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    Historia Placitorum Coronæ (History of the Pleas of the Crown) (1736). Stephen, Sir James Fitzjames. History of the Criminal Law of England (1883). Radzinowicz, Sir Leon. A History of English Criminal Law and Its Administration from 1750. 5 volumes. 1948 to 1990. John Hostettler. A History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales. Waterside ...

  6. Treason Act 1708 - Wikipedia

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    The Treason Act 1708 [1] (7 Ann. c. 21) is an act of the Parliament of Great Britain which harmonised the law of high treason between the former kingdoms of England and Scotland following their union as Great Britain in 1707.

  7. David Hume (advocate) - Wikipedia

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    David Hume, Baron Hume of Ninewells FRSE (1757–1838) was a Scottish advocate, judge and legal scholar, whose work on Scots criminal law and Scots private law has had a deep and continuing influence. He is referred to as Baron Hume to distinguish him from his uncle, David Hume the philosopher. [1]

  8. Moorov v HM Advocate - Wikipedia

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    Moorov v His Majesty's Advocate 1930 JC 68 is a Scots criminal and evidence law case that concerns admissibility of similar fact evidence. [1] The High Court of Justiciary established the Moorov doctrine [2] in its judgment, which is predominantly used in criminal prosecutions involving allegations of rape and sexual abuse.

  9. Sheriff court - Wikipedia

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    A sheriff court (Scottish Gaelic: Cùirt an t-Siorraim) is the principal local civil and criminal court in Scotland, with exclusive jurisdiction over all civil cases with a monetary value up to £100,000, and with the jurisdiction to hear any criminal case except treason, murder, and rape, which are in the exclusive jurisdiction of the High Court of Justiciary.