Scottish law

Legal practices and institutions of Scotland. When the English and Scottish parliaments were joined in 1707, the legal systems of the two countries were very dissimilar. Scotland had supplemented its customary law with civil-law principles adapted from the systems of France and Holland. Its assimilation of English law following the union was significant, particularly in the area of mercantile law. The supreme Scottish civil court is the Court of Sessions, composed of 18 judges and divided into Outer and Inner houses. The supreme criminal court is the High Court of Justiciary. Below these two bodies are six sheriffdoms, each with its own sheriff court, an institution of great antiquity. Lesser cases are heard by district courts.

Black, mastermind of the unique legal arrangement for trying the two accused Libyans under Scottish law in the Netherlands, believes that the bomb that destroyed Pan Am 103 was placed aboard in London.

Libya maneuver to have U.S. sanctions cancelled leaves Pan Am 103 ... by Killgore, Andrew I. / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs

Council President Jeremy Greenstock of the United Kingdom also said that members had welcomed the fact that clarifications concerning the procedures for the trial in the Netherlands under Scottish law and with Scottish judges were being provided to the Libyan authorities through Secretary-General Kofi Annan's office.

Libya by UN Chronicle

Libya's role in the sabotage bombings of the two jumbo jets resulted in criminal convictions of Libyan officials and agents under French and Scottish law, economic sanctions by the United Nations, and diplomatic isolation of the Qadhafi regime.

Three Billion Dollar Lawsuit Filed Against Libya for Terrorist ... by Business Wire

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