O.F. Robinson, MA, PhD, Reader in Law, University of GlasgowT.D. Fergus, MA, LLB, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of GlasgowW.M. Gordon, MA, LLB, PhD, FRSE, Douglas Professor of Civil Law Emeritus, University of Glasgow

• 1. The background ; 2. Feudal Law ; 3. The Glossators ; 4. The Commentators ; 5. Canon Law ; 6. The Law Merchant ; 7. The IUS Commune ; 8. The Common Law of England ; 9. Feudal Scotland ; 10. Humanism and Reformation ; 11. Law in Germany ; 12. The Development of French Law ; 13. The Seventeenth Century ; 14. The Making of Scots Law ; 15. Enlightenment and Codification ; 16. Codification in the Nineteenth Century ; 17. New Trends in Law, 1815-1914 ; 18. The Twentieth Century and on ; Appendices ; Index