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1785 Erskine Institute Law of Scotland Scottish WITCHCRAFT Sorcery Mackenzie
1785 Erskine Institute Law of Scotland Scottish WITCHCRAFT Sorcery Mackenzie
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1785 Erskine Institute Law of Scotland Scottish WITCHCRAFT Sorcery Mackenzie



In the mid-17th-century, Scottish lawyer and jurist George Mackenzie published an important treatise entitled Institutions of the Law of Scotland. This book would become one of the single most important works of law in the English language, especially in Scotland. It influenced subsequent lawyers and teachers of law, including John Erskine who published his own Institute of the Law of Scotland decades later. Erskine used many of Mackenzies principles and expanded Mackenzies work to make one of the most reliable references and oft-cited books in Scottish courts.



Contents include laws regarding:

Witchcraft, Sorcery, Cursing of God, & Blasphemy

Marriage, Divorce, & Adultery

Murder, Assassination, & Dueling

Rape, Incest, Sodomy, & Bestiality

Suicide, Torture, & Prison

Gypsies, Beggars, & Vagabonds

Plus much more!



Eighteenth century printings of Erskines Institutes are exceedingly rare; in fact, none of this second edition or the first are found elsewhere. A true treasure.



Item number: #2739

Price: $750



ERSKINE, John



An institute of the law of Scotland. In four books. In the order of Sir George Mackenzies Institutions of that law.



Edinburgh: Printed for John Bell, M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785].



Details:

Collation complete with all pages: x, 813, [57]

References: ESTC 006283293;

Language: English

Binding: Leather; tight & secure

Size: ~13.25in X 8.25in (33.5cm x 21cm)



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1785 Erskine Institute Law of Scotland Scottish WITCHCRAFT Sorcery Mackenzie

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