School of Law

Dr John Finlay

  • Senior Lecturer (Law)
  • Chief Adviser (Social Sciences College Academic and Student Administration)

email: John.Finlay@glasgow.ac.uk


John Finlay joined the School of Law in 1998 and has taught in a wide range of areas of private law. He has been an Adviser of Studies since 2000 and Chief Adviser of Studies in Law since 2006. His research specialism is legal history and he has a particular interest in the history of the legal professions of Europe and the Americas. He has published widely and presented a number of papers in this field. At Honours level, he teaches both European Legal History and the History of Scots Law.

Leading on from his research interests, Dr Finaly has served as Honorary Publication Secretary to the Scottish History Society, on the Council of the Stair Society and for five years I was Secretary and Treasurer of the Scottish Legal History Group. I am a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and also of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

Prospective students interested in research supervision in the field of legal history are very welcome to contact Dr Finlay to discuss their ideas.

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Number of items: 19.

2012

Finlay, J. (2012) Trusts. Dundee University Press, Dundee, UK. ISBN 9781845861292

2011

Finlay, J. (2011) Arbitration in Eighteenth-Century Scotland. Juridical Review, 2011 . pp. 277-291. ISSN 0022-6785

Finlay, J. (2011) Religion in the history of family law in Scotland. In: Mair, J. and Orucu, E. (eds.) The Place of Religion in Family Law: A Comparative Search. Series: European family law (30). Intersentia, Cambridge, OR, USA, pp. 267-302. ISBN 9781780680156

Finlay, J. (2011) Scots lawyers and House of Lords appeals in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Journal of Legal History, 32 (3). pp. 249-277. ISSN 0144-0365 (doi:10.1080/01440365.2011.627151)

Finlay, John (2011) The history of lawyers in the British Isles. In: Dolemeyer, B. (ed.) Anwälte und ihre Geschichte. Mohr Siebeck, Tubingen, pp. 1097-1226. ISBN 978-3-16-150757-1

2010

Finlay, John (2010) The History of delay in Civil Procedure: Scotland 1600-1808. In: Rhee, C. H. (ed.) The History of Delay in Civil Procedure. Series: Comparative Studies in Continental and Anglo-American Legal History (28). Dunker & Humblot, Berlin, pp. 121-152. ISBN 9783428134090

2009

Finlay, J (2009) The History of the Notary in Scotland. In: Schmoeckel, M and Schuber, W (eds.) Handbuch zur Geschichte des Notariats der europäischen Traditionen. Nomos, Baden-Baden, pp. 393-428. ISBN 978-3-8329-4068-3

Finlay, J (2009) Lawyers and the Early Modern State: Regulation, Exclusion, and Numerus Clausus. Canadian Journal of History, 44 (3). pp. 383-410. ISSN 0008-4107

2008

Finlay, J (2008) Advocates unlimited: the numerous clausus and the college of justice in Scotland. Historical Research, 82 (216). pp. 206-228. ISSN 1468-2281

Finlay, J (2008) Pettyfoggers, regulation, and local courts in early modern Scotland. Scottish Historical Review, 87 (1). pp. 42-67. ISSN 0036-9241

2007

Finlay, J. (2007) The lower branch of the legal profession in early modern Scotland. Edinburgh Law Review, 11 (1). pp. 31-61. ISSN 1364-9808 (doi:10.3366/elr.2007.11.1.31)

2006

Finlay, J (2006) Advocacy, patronage and character at the Eighteenth-century Scots bar. Tijdschrift voor Rechstgeschiedenis/Legal History Review, 74 (40210). pp. 95-119. ISSN 0040-7585

Finlay, J (2006) Ethics, etiquette and the early modern Scots advocate. Juridical Review (2). pp. 147-178. ISSN 0022-6785

Finlay, J (2006) Ratio decidendi in Scotland 1650-1800. In: Bryson, W.H. and Dauchy , S. (eds.) Ratio Decidendi: the Guiding Principles of Judicial Decisions. Series: Comparative Studies in Continental and Anglo-American Legal History (25/1). Dunker & Humblot, Berlin, pp. 117-135. ISBN 9783428122165

2004

Finlay, J. (2004) The early career of Thomas Craig, advocate. Edinburgh Law Review, 8 (3). pp. 298-328. ISSN 1364-9809 (doi:10.3366/elr.2004.8.3.298)

2002

Finlay, J (2002) Foreign Litigants Before the College of Justice in the Sixteenth Century. In: MacQueen, H. (ed.) Stair Society Miscellany 4. Stair Society, Edinburgh, pp. 37-50. ISBN 9781872517155

2000

Finlay, J (2000) James Henryson and the origins of the office of King's Advocate. Scottish Historical Review, 79 . pp. 17-38. ISSN 0036-9241

1999

Finlay, J (1999) Robert Galbraith and the role of queen's advocate. Juridical Review . pp. 277-290. ISSN 0022-6785

Finlay, J (1999) Women and Legal Representation in Early Sixteenth-Century Scotland. In: Ewan, E. and Meikle, M.M. (eds.) Women in Scotland 1100-1750. Tuckwell Press , pp. 165-175. ISBN 1862320462

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