Thirty-ninth annual conference

The 39th Annual Conference and AGM of the Scottish Legal History Group was held in the Reading Room of the Advocates Library, Parliament House, Edinburgh, on Saturday 5 October 2019.

10.30 Coffee

11.00 First Session

Professor Mark Godfrey (University of Glasgow)
The Court of Session and the jurisdiction of the Privy Council 1532-1603

Dr Amy Blakeway (University of St Andrews)
Parliament and the law in mid-sixteenth century Scotland

12.30 Sherry and Lunch

2.15 Second Session

Annual General Meeting

The Hon Lady Wolffe, Sarah Wolffe QC
The singular legacy of Margaret Hall: the first woman to try and fail to become a law professional in Scotland.

3.30 Third Session

Dr Allan Kennedy (University of Dundee)
The Privy Council, State Formation and Criminal Prosecution in Restoration Scotland

Dr Graeme Cunningham (University of Glasgow)
Civilian Narratives in a Mixed Jurisdiction

5.00 Close