Disambiguation evidence for Scots law (to a limited extent) via surface form

"Scots law"


As subject (50)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Scots law".

Predicate Object
affectedBy devolution settlement of 1998
appliesTo courts of the United Kingdom
surface form: Scottish courts
appliesTo civil matters in Scotland
appliesTo criminal matters in Scotland
codificationLevel partially codified
coexistsWith UK-wide constitutional framework
country Scotland
distinctFrom English law
distinctFrom Northern Ireland law
finalAppealCivil Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
finalAppealCriminal High Court of Justiciary
follows civil law tradition
follows common law tradition
hasComponent Scots civil law
hasComponent Scots criminal law
hasComponent Scots private law
hasComponent Scots public law
hasSource Acts of Parliament
surface form: Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
hasSource Roman law influences
hasSource common law (case law)
hasSource custom
hasSource legislation of the Scottish Parliament
hasVerdict guilty
hasVerdict not guilty
hasVerdict not proven
highestCivilCourt Court of Session (in peerage matters)
surface form: Court of Session
highestCriminalCourt High Court of Justiciary
historicalInfluence Canon law
historicalInfluence Roman law
historicalInfluence feudal law
historicalOrigin medieval Scottish kingdom
influencedBy Continental European civil law
influencedBy French legal tradition
instanceOf legal system
instanceOf mixed legal system
jurisdiction Scotland
languageOfRecord English
legalFamily mixed civil law–common law system
recognises three verdict system in criminal trials
regulates contract law in Scotland
regulates criminal offences in Scotland
regulates delict (tort) in Scotland
regulates family law in Scotland
regulates property law in Scotland
regulates succession law in Scotland
sovereignState United Kingdom
usesCourtSystem Court of Session (in peerage matters)
surface form: Court of Session
usesCourtSystem High Court of Justiciary
usesCourtSystem Justice of the Peace courts
usesCourtSystem Sheriff courts

As object (30)

Triples where some other subject referred to this entity as "Scots law".

Johannes Voet influenced
"Scots law"
Manx judiciary influencedBy
"Scots law"
English law isDistinctFrom
"Scots law"
Lord Advocate legalSystem
"Scots law"
Scotland legalSystem
"Scots law"
Scots civil law partOf
"Scots law"