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Law and change: Scottish legal heroes
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References

European Commission (n.d.) The EU in brief [Online]. Available at https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/eu-in-brief_en (Accessed 26 August 2017).
Scottish Executive (2004) Legal factsheet [Online]. Available at http://www.gov.scot/resource/doc/925/0000078.pdf (Accessed 21 November 2017).
The Scottish Parliament (n.d.) Devolved and reserved matters [Online]. Available at http://www.parliament.scot/visitandlearn/Education/18642.aspx (Accessed 16 January 2018)
Legislation
Union with Scotland Act 1706 c 11
Union with England Act 1707 c 7
European Communities Act 1972 c 68
Consumer Protection Act 1987 c 43
Human Rights Act 1998 c 42
Scotland Act 1998 c 46
The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/2083)
International instruments
European Convention on Human Rights
Judicial Office for Scotland (2012) Judges respond to public consultation on Carloway Report [Online]. Available at http://www.scotland-judiciary.org.uk/ 24/ 943/ Judges-respond-to-public-consultation-on-Carloway-Report [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] (Accessed 22 November 2017).
Judicial Office for Scotland (2017) Glossary [Online]. Available at http://www.scotland-judiciary.org.uk/ 29/ 0/ Glossary/ a#College of Justice (Accessed 22 November 2017).
The Law Society of Scotland (2017) Accreditation guidelines for applicants [Online]. Available at https://www.lawscot.org.uk/ media/ 9139/ foundation-programme-guidelines.pdf (Accessed 22 November 2017).
Legislation
College of Justice Act 1532 c 2
Registration Act 1617 c 16
Registration Act 1681
Union with Scotland Act 1706 c 11
Union with England Act 1707 c 7
Legislation
Representation of the People Act 1918 c 64
Road Traffic Act 1988 c 52
Lewis, G. (1999) Lord Atkin, Oxford, Hart Publishing.
McBryde, W. M. (1990) ‘Donoghue v Stevenson: the Story of the “Snail in the Bottle” Case’, in Gamble, A. J. (ed.) Obligations in Context, Edinburgh, W Green, p. 26.
Taylor, M. (1983) ‘The Good Neighbour on Trial: a Message from Scotland’, UBC Law Review, vol. 17, pp. 59–64.
“The Snail in the Bottle, and Thereafter” (1933) 49:1 Law Q Rev 22 at 22.
(27 May 1932), cited in Allan C Hutchinson, Laughing at the Gods: Great Judges and How They Made the Common Law (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012) at 124.
(1932) 173 LT 411
Cases
Anns v. London Borough of Merton [1978] AC 728
Buckley v. Mot (1919), 50 DLR 408 (NSSC)
Claudais c. La Ferme St. Laurent Ltée, CSM 500-05-005996-72, October 17, 1975, Meyer J
Cohen v Coca-Cola [1967] SCR 469 
Donoghue v Stevenson 1932 SC (HL) 31; [1932] AC 562
Grant v Australian Knitting Mills [1936] AC 85
Invercargill City Council v Hamlin [1994] 3 NZLR 513 (CA); appeal dismissed [1996] 1 NZLR 513 (PC)
Liebeck v McDonald's Restaurant (1995) WL 360309 (Bernalillo County, NM Dist Ct 1994)
MacPherson v Buick Motor Co, 217 N.Y. 382, 111 N.E. 1050 (1916)
Mullen v AG Barr & Company Limited [1929] SC 461 (Ct Sess) [Barr] 461
Murphy v Brentwood District Council [1991] 1 AC 398 (HL) 
South Pacific Manufacturing Co Ltd v New Zealand Security Consultants Limited [1992] 2 NZLR 282 (CA) 295
Legislation
Accident Compensation Act 1972 (1972 No 43) (New Zealand)  
Buller, F. (1790) An Introduction to the Law Relative to Trials at Nisi Prius, London, Strahan and Woodfall.
Luke 10: 25–37, Revised standard version of the Bible.
Cases
Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562
Heaven v Pender (1883) 11 QBD 503 (QB)
MacPherson v Buick Motor Company (1916) 217 NY 382
Cambridge English Dictionary online (2018), Cambridge University Press. Available at //dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/ (Accessed 3 August 2018).
Lord Cooper. (1922-1954) Selected Papers, Culross Publisher Oliver and Boyd (1957).
ForcesWatch (2011) ForcesWatch briefing [Online]. Available at https://www.parliament.uk/ documents/ joint-committees/ human-rights/ Briefing_from_Forces_Watch_age_of_recruitment.pdf (Accessed 12 January 2018).
The Free Online Dictionary (2018), Farlex. Available at www.thefreedictionary.com/(Accessed 3 August 2018).
Guardian (2017a) 'Armed forces are no place for 16-year-olds', 12 September 2017 [Online]. Available at www.theguardian.com/ uk-news/ 2017/ sep/ 12/ armed-forces-are-no-place-for-16-year-olds (Accessed 12 January 2018).
Guardian (2017b) 'The Guardian's editorial code' [Online]. Available at https://www.theguardian.com/ guardian/ article/ 0,5814,642387,00.html (Accessed 12 January 2018).
McTaggart, A. (2014) 'Proposed Organ and Tissue Donation (Scotland) Bill' [Online]. Available at www.parliament.scot/ S4_MembersBills/ Organ_Donation_Consultation_Document.pdf (Accessed 12 January 2018).
Oxford English Dictionary online (2018), Oxford University Press. Available at //en.oxforddictionaries.com/ (Accessed 3 August 2018).
House of Commons (2004) 'Select Committee on Constitutional Reform Bill Written Evidence, Memorandum by Ross Gilbert Anderson' [Online]. Available at www.publications.parliament.uk/ pa/ ld200304/ ldselect/ ldcref/ 125/ 125we02.htm (Accessed 12 January 2018).
Scottish Government (2017) ‘Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation - a consultation on increasing numbers of successful donations’ [Online]. Available at www.consult.scotland.gov.uk/ health-protection/ organ-and-tissue-donation-and-transplantation/ (Accessed 6 December 2017).
Slapper, G. (2012) ‘Is studying law boring’, The Guardian, 6 August [Online]. Available at https://www.theguardian.com/law/2012/aug/06/studying-law-boring-gary-slapper (Accessed 9 August 2018).
Cases
Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service [1983] UKHL 9
Legislation
Equality Act 2010 c 15
European Convention on Human Rights
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 asp 13
Human Rights Act 1998 c 42
Scotland Act 1998 c 46
Scottish Government (2011) Local Goose Management Scheme [Online]. Available at http://www.gov.scot/ Topics/ Environment/ Wildlife-Habitats/ management/ species/ geese/ local (Accessed 15 January 2018)
Scottish Parliament (n.d.). SPICe Briefing High Hedges (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 [Online]. Available at www.parliament.scot/ ResearchBriefingsAndFactsheets/ S4/ SB_13-16.pdf (Accessed 6 December 2017).
Legislation
Union with Scotland Act 1706 c 11
Union with England Act 1707 c 7