Volume of manuscript notes on David Hume's lectures on Scots Law at Edinburgh, 1811
Scope and Contents
This is a volume entitled "Notes of Hume's Lecture's", containing manuscript notes on David Hume's lectures on Scots law at Edinburgh. Dated 1811, taken down by an unknown student.
Headings include:
"Introduction" (ff. 1-9),
"Of marriage" (ff. 9-70),
"Relation between Parent & Child" (ff. 70-101),
"Of Relation between Minors and their Tutors and Curators" (ff. 102-157, including a section on "Curators to Lunatics"),
"Of Master and Servant" (ff. 158-173),
"Of Obligations in General" (ff. 174-181),
"Contract of Sale" (ff. 181-206).
Dates
- Creation: 1811
Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
8vo., contemporary mottled half calf, title ("Notes of Hume's Lecture's") gilt to spine, 206 ff., written on rectos only, edges untrimmed, binding rubbed.
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Biographical / Historical
David Hume was born on 27 February 1757. His parents were from Berwickshire and Roxburghshire, and he was the nephew of the philosopher David Hume (1711-1776). Hume became an Advocate in 1779 and a Sheriff in Berwickshire in 1784, then afterwards in West Lothian. In 1786, he became Professor of Scots Law at Edinburgh University. Sir Walter Scott attended Hume's classes when a student at the University, in his early years. In 1811, Hume was appointed Principal Clerk to the Court of Session, and in 1822 Baron of the Scots Exchequer, a post which he held until the abolition of the body. He had also been a curator of the Advocates' Library in Edinburgh. Hume's publications include Commentaries on the law of Scotland: respecting the description and punishment of crimes (1797), and Commentaries on the law of Scotland respecting trial for crimes (1800). David Hume died at his house in Edinburgh's Georgian New Town on 30 August 1838.
Extent
1 volume
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased in February 2023. Accession no. SC-Acc-2023-0035.
Physical Description
8vo., contemporary mottled half calf, title ("Notes of Hume's Lecture's") gilt to spine, 206 ff., written on rectos only, edges untrimmed, binding rubbed.
Processing Information
Catalogued by Aline Brodin in May 2023, using information provided by the seller.
Subject
- Hume, David, 1757-1838 (judge, Baron of the Scottish Exchequer) (Presenter, Person)
Repository Details
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