John Finlay. Men of Law in Pre-Reformation Scotland. (Scottish Historical Review Monographs Series No. 9) East Linton, UK: Tuckwell Pres 2000 Pp x 253 $3195 paper. ISBN 1-86232-165-5
May 1532 marks a watershed in the progressive growth of Scots law, when James V refound the Court of Session by means of the College of Justice. The refoundation l quickly to an expansion of jurisdiction and an increased cohesion among its practicing lawyers. still as David M. Walker summarized, "The period from 1329 to about 1600 is the Dark Age of Scottish legal history...when customs ...