Spiritual Jurisdiction in Reformation Scotland

Thomas M. Green is Lecturer in Private Law at the University of Aberdeen. He holds degrees in history, historical theology and ecclesiastical history, is a former British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Law, University of Edinburgh, and is a former Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Law, University of Glasgow.

• Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Suppression of the Courts of the Catholic Church in Scotland; 2. Revolution and Law: The Reformation Parliament, the Proclamation of Leith, and the Law of Oblivion; 3. Papal and Episcopal Jurisdiction in Scotland following the Reformation Crisis; 4. The Rise of the Courts of the Church of Scotland; 5. The Lords of Council and Session; 6. The Court of the Commissaries of Edinburgh; 7. The Commissary Courts and the Jurisdiction of the Courts of the Church of Scotland; Conclusion; Appendix; Outline Chronology; Select Bibliography; Index.