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The Community of the College of Justice: Edinburgh and the Court of Session, 1687 –1808

John Finlay

Print publication date: 2012

Print ISBN-13: 9780748645770

Published to Edinburgh Scholarship Online: January 2013

DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748645770.001.0001

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Conclusion

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(p.247) 9 Conclusion
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The Community of the College of Justice
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John Finlay

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Edinburgh University Press
DOI:10.3366/edinburgh/9780748645770.003.0009

This concluding chapter considers what is unique about the character of the College of Justice and the wider significance of its institutions for legal practice locally up and down Scotland. The political importance of its members in terms of parliamentary elections is discussed, as is the College as a social community and as a centre of patronage.

Keywords:   Identity, Legal practice, Professional culture, Politics, patronage

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