Charles Areskine's Library: Scottish Lawyers and Their Books at the Dawn of the Scottish Enlightenment

Karen Baston

doi:10.1163/9789004315389

Charles Areskine's Library: Scottish Lawyers and Their Books at the Dawn of the Scottish Enlightenment

Karen Baston

School of Law

Research output: Book/Report › Book

Abstract

In Charles Areskine’s Library, Karen Baston uses a detailed study of an eighteenth-century Scottish advocate’s private book collection to explore key themes of the Scottish Enlightenment including secularisation, modernisation, internationalisation, and the development of legal literature in Scotland.

Original language	English
Publisher	Brill Academic Publishers
Number of pages	255
ISBN (Electronic)	9789004315389
ISBN (Print)	9789004315372
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004315389
Publication status	Published - 20 Apr 2016

Publication series

Name	Library of the Written World - The Handpress World
ISSN (Print)	1874-4834

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10.1163/9789004315389

1 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
1 Poster
1 Doctoral Thesis

Humanist Books and Lawyers’ Libraries in Early Eighteenth-Century Scotland: Charles Areskine of Alva's Library
Baston, K., 15 Dec 2015, Reassessing Legal Humanism and its Claims: Petere Fontes?. Du Plessis, P. J. & Cairns, J. W. (eds.). Edinburgh University Press, p. 348-376 (Edinburgh Studies in Law).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
The Library of Charles Areskine (1680-1763): Scottish Lawyers and Book Collecting, 1700-1760
Baston, K., 2012, (Unpublished) Edinburgh Research Archive.
Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis

File
The Library of Charles Areskine discover’d: with Observations on Transactions which have occurr’d so far.
Baston, K., Oct 2009, (Unpublished). 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

File

4 Participation in conference
3 Participation in workshop, seminar, course
1 Invited talk

Advocates' Libraries in Early Eighteenth Century Edinburgh
Karen Baston (Speaker)
21 Oct 2013
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Ad fontes: Reassessing Legal Humanism and its Claims
Karen Baston (Invited speaker)
8 Jun 2013
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Scottish Legal History Group
Karen Baston (Speaker)
1 Oct 2011
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference

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Charles Areskine's Library: Scottish Lawyers and Their Books at the Dawn of the Scottish Enlightenment

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Research output

Humanist Books and Lawyers’ Libraries in Early Eighteenth-Century Scotland: Charles Areskine of Alva's Library

The Library of Charles Areskine (1680-1763): Scottish Lawyers and Book Collecting, 1700-1760

The Library of Charles Areskine discover’d: with Observations on Transactions which have occurr’d so far.

Activities

Advocates' Libraries in Early Eighteenth Century Edinburgh

Ad fontes: Reassessing Legal Humanism and its Claims

Scottish Legal History Group

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