Workshop: Law and Governance in Renaissance Scotland

Workshop: Law and Governance in Renaissance Scotland
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This is a past event

Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies Workshop in association with Civil Law Centre and Society and Culture in the North Sea World

Law and Governance in Renaissance Scotland

Friday 18 - Saturday 19 May

Humanity Manse, 19 College Bounds, Aberdeen, 18–19 May 2012

 

Programme

Friday 18 May

1.00-1.45 pm

Arrival & sandwiches

 

1.45-1.50 pm

Welcome

Dr Jackson Armstrong (Aberdeen)

1.50-2.30 pm

Introduction: Law and Governance in Renaissance Scotland

Dr Jenny Wormald (Edinburgh)

2.30-3.30 pm

Position paper: The Public Good JA (10 mins) Response CE (10 mins) Response MB (10 mins) Discussion (30 mins)

Dr Jackson Armstrong (Aberdeen); Dr Caroline Erskine (Aberdeen); Dr Michael Brown (St Andrews)

3.30-4.00 pm

Coffee

 

4.00-5.00 pm

Position paper: Public Justice MG (10 mins) Response KS (10 mins) Response EE (10 mins) Discussion (30 mins)

Dr Mark Godfrey (Glasgow); Dr Katie Stevenson (St Andrews); Prof Elizabeth Ewan (Guelph)

5.00-8.00 pm

Break before dinner

 

8.00 pm

Dinner: 8.00pm (Venue to be arranged)

 

Saturday 19 May

9.15-10.15 am

Position paper: Private Justice SB (10 mins) Response MG (10 mins) Response AS (10 mins) Discussion (30 mins)

Dr Steve Boardman (Edinburgh); Dr Mark Godfrey (Glasgow); Dr Andrew Simpson (Aberdeen)

10.15-10.40 am

Coffee

 

10.40-11.40 am

Position paper: Treason MB (10 mins) Response AM (10 mins) Response AG (10 mins) Discussion (30 mins)

Dr Michael Brown (St Andrews); Dr Alan Macdonald (Dundee); Dr Anna Groundwater (Edinburgh)

11.40-11.50pm

Refreshment break

 

11.50-1.00 pm

Conclusions and Comparisons: The view from beyond the Hebrides PC (15 mins) The view from across the North Sea MG (15 mins) Discussion (30 mins)

Dr Peter Crooks (UEA); Professor Michael Gelting (Aberdeen / Danish National Archives)

1.00

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Venue
University of Aberdeen, Humanities Manse