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References

The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (n.d) About the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service[Online] Available at www.scotcourts.gov.uk/about-the-scottish-court-service (Accessed 6 April 2017)

The Scottish Government (2012) The strategy for justice in Scotland [Online]. Available at www.gov.scot/Resource/0040/00401836.pdf (Accessed 6 April 2017)

Harvie-Clark, S. (2014) SPICe Briefing The Scottish Civil Court System [Online]. Available at http://www.parliament.scot/ResearchBriefingsAndFactsheets/S4/SB_14-15.pdf (Accessed 6 April 2017)

Harvie-Clark, S. (2014) SPICe Briefing The Scottish Civil Court System [Online]. Available at http://www.parliament.scot/ResearchBriefingsAndFactsheets/S4/SB_14-15.pdf (Accessed 5 July 2017)

Scottish Courts and Tribunals (n.d.) Courts, tribunals and Justice organisations in Scotland [Online] Available at https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/about-the-scottish-court-service (Accessed 5 July 2017).

Scottish Courts and Tribunals (n.d.) Courts, tribunals and Justice organisations in Scotland [Online] Available at hhttp://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/supreme-courts/high-court/about-the-high-court (Accessed 5 July 2017).

Judiciary of Scotland (2013) Cameras and live text-based communication in the Scottish courts: a consultation [Online]. Available at www.scotland-judiciary.org.uk/upload/documents/consultationdocument.pdf (Accessed 6 April 2017)

Judiciary of Scotland, (n.d.) Judiciary of Scotland [Online]. Available at www.scotland-judiciary.org.uk/1/0/Home (Accessed 6 April 2017)

Mygov.scot, (n.d) Justice and the law [Online]. Available at www.mygov.scot (Accessed 6 April 2017)

Scottish Courts and Tribunals (n.d.) Attending a Criminal Court [Online]. Available at www.scotcourts.gov.uk/taking-action/attending-a-court/attending-a-criminal-court (Accessed 6 April 2017)

Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service (n.d.) COPFS [Online]. Available at http://www.copfs.gov.uk/about-us/what-we-do/our-role-in-detail (Accessed 5 July 2017).

Judicial Office for Scotland (n,d,) Judiciary of Scotland [Online]. Available at www.scotland-judiciary.org.uk/20/0/A-day-in-the-life-of-a- (Accessed 5 July 2017).

The Skills Development Scotland Co. Ltd (n.d.) My World of Work [Online] Available at https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/my-career-options/court-officer (Accessed 5 July 2017).

Victim Support Scotland (n.d.) Who has Victim Support Scotland helped? [Online] Available atwww.victimsupportsco.org.uk/help-for-victims/who-has-victim-support-scotland-helped (Accessed 7 September 2017).

Faculty of Advocates (2008) Guide to the professional conduct of advocates [Online] Available at www.advocates.org.uk/media/1417/guide-to-conduct-fifth-edition.pdf (Accessed 6 April 2017).

Judicial Office for Scotland (2017) Judicial Recusals [Online] Available at www.scotland-judiciary.org.uk/68/0/Judicial-Recusals (Accessed 7 September 2017).

Judicial Office for Scotland (2017) About the judiciary [Online] Available at http://www.scotland-judiciary.org.uk/4/0/About-the-Judiciary (Accessed 6 April 2017).

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Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] SC (HL) 31

Canadian Superior Courts Judges Association The Rule of Law [Online] Available at www.cscja-acjcs.ca/rule_of_law-en.asp?l=4 (Accessed 6 April 2017).

The Scottish Government Introduction to the Digital Strategy for Justice in Scotland[Online] Available at www.gov.scot/Publications/2014/08/5429 (Accessed 6 April 2017).

The Scottish Government The Strategy for Justice in Scotland [Online] Available at www.gov.scot/Publications/2012/09/5924 (Accessed 6 April 2017.

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Video: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=knHnDWcpN4c (c) Crown Copyright 2012 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

 

Extracts from:

Harvie-Clark, S. (2014) SPICe Briefing The Scottish Civil Court System [Online]. http://www.parliament.scot/ResearchBriefingsAndFactsheets/S4/SB_14-15.pdf http://www.parliament.scot/Fol/Scottish_Parliament_Licence.pdf

Scottish Courts and Tribunals (n.d.) Courts, tribunals and Justice organisations in Scotland [Online] Available at hhttp://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/supreme-courts/high-court/about-the-high-court http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 2/

Video:

The Criminal Justice System: (c) Crown Copyright 2012 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=knHnDWcpN4c

What is the Supreme Court (c) Crown Copyright http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

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Extracts:

1.3.1 The role of an Inner House Judge: extracts from: Judicial Office for Scotland (n,d,) Judiciary of Scotland [Online]. Available at www.scotland-judiciary.org.uk/ 20/ 0/ A-day-in-the-life-of-a- https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/ about-the-scottish-court-service/ judicial-office-for-scotland © Crown Copyright http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

1.3.2: The role of an Inner House Judge: extracts from: Judicial Office for Scotland (n,d,) Judiciary of Scotland [Online]. Available at www.scotland-judiciary.org.uk/ 20/ 0/ A-day-in-the-life-of-a- https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/ about-the-scottish-court-service/ judicial-office-for-scotland© Crown Copyright http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

1.3.3: The role of a Sheriff Principal: extracts from extracts from: Judicial Office for Scotland (n,d,) Judiciary of Scotland [Online]. Available at www.scotland-judiciary.org.uk/ 20/ 0/ A-day-in-the-life-of-a- https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/ about-the-scottish-court-service/ judicial-office-for-scotland © Crown Copyright http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

1.3.4: The role of a Sheriff: extracts from: Judicial Office for Scotland (n,d,) Judiciary of Scotland [Online]. Available at www.scotland-judiciary.org.uk/ 20/ 0/ A-day-in-the-life-of-a- https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/ about-the-scottish-court-service/ judicial-office-for-scotland © Crown Copyright http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

1.3.5: The role of the Justice of the Peace: extracts from: Judicial Office for Scotland (n,d,) Judiciary of Scotland [Online]. Available at www.scotland-judiciary.org.uk/ 20/ 0/ A-day-in-the-life-of-a-https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/ about-the-scottish-court-service/ judicial-office-for-scotland © Crown Copyright http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

1.3.6: The role of a court officer: extracts from: The Skills Development Scotland Co. Ltd (n.d.) My World of Work [Online] https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/ my-career-options/ court-officer

1.3.7: The role of a Procurator Fiscal: extracts from Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service (n.d.) COPFS [Online]. Available at http://www.copfs.gov.uk/about-us/what-we-do/our-role-in-detail http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

1.3.8: An example of a victim’s story: extract from: Victim Support Scotland (n.d.) Who has Victim Support Scotland helped? [Online] Available at www.victimsupportsco.org.uk/ help-for-victims/ who-has-victim-support-scotland-helped.

Box One: extract from courtesy: The Law Society of Scotland www.lawscot.org.uk

Box Two: extracts from: Faculty of Advocates (2008) Guide to the professional conduct of advocates [Online] www.advocates.org.uk/ media/ 1417/ guide-to-conduct-fifth-edition.pdf (c) Faculty of Advocates 2008

Box 4: Judicial Office for Scotland (2017) About the judiciary [Online] http://www.scotland-judiciary.org.uk/ 4/ 0/ About-the-Judiciary http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Box 5: extracts from: The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service What we do [Online] www.copfs.gov.uk/ about-us/ what-we-do/ our-role-in-detailhttp://www.copfs.gov.uk/ http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Table 1: extracts from: Judicial Office for Scotland (2017) Judicial Recusals [Online] Available at www.scotland-judiciary.org.uk/ 68/ 0/ Judicial-Recusals

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Figure 2: from: http://scottishlaw.org.uk

Figure 3: logo: courtesy: The Law Society of Scotland www.lawscot.org.uk

Figure 4 from: http://www.scotsman.com

Figure 5: from: http://scottishlaw.org.uk

Video: Official Law reports: From: Scottish Council of Law Reporting https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=k5RWcsknIBA&feature=youtu.be http://www.scottishlawreports.org. © SCLR

Activity 1: (two videos) Donoghue v Stevenson (History of Law Reporting) From Scottish Council of Law Reporting https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=yLleV7XhkRI http://www.scottishlawreports.org © SCLR

Box 1: extract from: The Scottish Government Introduction to the Digital Strategy for Justice in Scotland [Online] www.gov.scot/ Publications/ 2014/ 08/ 5429 © Crown Copyright http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Figure 1 © Rex Features

Figure 2: © Michael Kelly/Getty Images

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Figure 4: courtesy © Digital Justice Scotland Holyrood Communications Ltd http://www.holyrood.com/

Figure 5: From: http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/ docs/ default-source/ aboutscs/ reports-and-data/ reports-data/ scts-annual-report-accounts---2015-16-final.pdf?sfvrsn=2p14 © Crown Copyright http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Video: 3.0 The Legal Profession and the Future

From Helping to Shape Good Law: courtesy: The Law Society of Scotland https://www.lawscot.org.uk/