Ae Fond Kiss: A Private Matter?

Hector MacQueen

Ae Fond Kiss: A Private Matter?

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Abstract

The Ben Beinart Memorial Lecture given at the University of Cape Town on 16 April 2013. The paper discusses the 1804 case of Cadell & Davies v Stewart, in which the existence of rights to publish or to prevent publication of private letters between the poet Robert Burns and his close friend Agnes McLehose was ventilated at length by the advocates and judges appearing in the court. The paper assesses the evidence for what really happened between Burns and Agnes, and discusses the contemporary significance of the court's decision to prevent publication.

Original language	English
Publisher	University of Edinburgh, School of Law, Working Papers
Number of pages	18
Publication status	Published - 23 Apr 2014

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Name	Edinburgh Law School Accepted Papers Series
No.	2014/14

Keywords

Scots law
History of copyright
Literary property
Unpublished works
Breach of confidence
Privacy

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Ae fond kiss: A private matter?
MacQueen, H., Jun 2013, Judge and Jurist: Essays in Memory of Lord Rodger of Earlsferry. Burrows, A., Johnston, D. & Zimmermann, R. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 473-488 16 p. 37
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