Regional Private Laws and Codification in Europe

by Hector L. MacQueen (Editor), Antoni Vaquer (Editor), Espiau Santiago Espiau (Editor)

Regions within European Union member states (such as Scotland in the UK and Catalonia in Spain) have their own legal systems: how will the process of 'Europeanisation' affect them? This volume examines the phenomenon of 'regional' private law in the European Union, considering jurisdictions and laws below those of the Member States and drawing comparisons with other such jurisdictions elsewhere in the world, such as Louisiana and Quebec. The whole is considered in relation to the development of European private law, and the use of codification in that process. This volume will be of interest to academic lawyers world-wide, advanced law students and European policy-makers.

335 pages, ebook

First published October 15, 1999

About the author

Hector Lewis MacQueen CBE FBA FRSE (born 1956) is a Scottish academic, a senior scholar of Scots law and legal history, and a former member of the Scottish Law Commission. He is Professor of Private Law at the University of Edinburgh and a former Dean of its Faculty of Law. He is author, co-author and editor of a large number books on Scottish law and legal history, including the 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th editions of the standard text Gloag & Henderson Law of Scotland, and is former Literary Director of the Stair Society. He is a member of the International Advisory Group for the JKLH-funded project, The Paradox of Medieval Scotland, 1093 - 1286. In 1995 he became a Fellow of The Royal Society of Edinburgh.

He is the son of the literary scholar Professor John MacQueen.