Abstract
This chapter, the O’Donnell Lecture for 1985, surveys the evidence for Celtic law and legal institutions in Scotland from early medieval times and their survival in many cases down to the present. The chapter argues that the story of Celtic law in Scotland did not come to an abrupt end with the advent of feudalism in the twelfth century. On the contrary, many institutions of Celtic law survived for centuries, and traces are to be found to the present day. Such survivals are to be seen not as isolated curiosities, of antiquarian interest only, but as part of the very fabric of a legal system one of the outstanding features of which has been continuity with the past.
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