The title of the Encyclopaedia acknowledges the debt owed by modern Scots lawyers to Viscount Stair, whose Institutions of the Law of Scotland, published in 1681, was the first authoritative and comprehensive statement of Scots Law, and helped toMoreThe title of the Encyclopaedia acknowledges the debt owed by modern Scots lawyers to Viscount Stair, whose Institutions of the Law of Scotland, published in 1681, was the first authoritative and comprehensive statement of Scots Law, and helped to ensure the survival of an independent and distinct system of jurisprudence in Scotland.
The Stair Memorial Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive statement of Scots Law for more than 50 years.