Beschreibung:
Megan Dewart is an Advocate at Axiom Advocates. Megan called to the Bar in 2019 as the Lord Reid Scholar 2018-2019. Prior to this she worked for three years as Law Clerk to the Lord President, Lord Carloway. During that time, she assisted with all aspects of his work as an appellate judge in both civil and criminal cases, including many commercial and public law appeals. Megan previously trained and practised as a solicitor at Simpson & Marwick.
The Scottish Legal System presents the legal system and law of Scotland as unique and constantly changing and covers not only the central aspects of the system, such as the courts and the legal profession, but also the common areas with constitutional law and jurisprudence.
1 Introduction2 Scotland - nation and state3 Institutions - the constitutional background4 Institutions - courts, tribunals, judges and procedure5 Sources of law6 Legislation - European Union law7 Legislation - United Kingdom Parliamentary legislation (including the Human Rights Act 1998)8 Legislation - Acts of the Scottish Parliament9 Legislation - United Kingdom delegated legislation10 Legislation - Scottish delegated legislation11 Legislation - application, construction and interpretation: statutory interpretation12 Precedent - ratio decidendi, obiter dicta and stare decisis13 Precedent - law reports14 Legal services15 Law reformAppendix 1 - A note on the nature of rulesAppendix 2 - Scottish Courts (simplified)English and Welsh Courts (simplified)Northern Ireland Courts (simplified)Appendix 3 - 'Europe'