Contract Before the Enlightenment
Aug 10, 2023•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
In this episode, Lasse Andersen speaks with Dr Stephen Bogle about his
recently published book Contract Before the Enlightenment: The Ideas of
James Dalrymple, Viscount Stair, 1619-1695 (OUP, 2023). The discussion
covers many of the topics of Stephen’s book, including the life of Viscount
Stair, the state of contract law before Stair, the central innovations in
Stair’s Institutions of the Law of Scotland (1681), and the reception of
Stair’s ideas in the 18th century. We also discuss the centrality of
calvinism to Stair’s understanding of law and contract.
Stephen Bogle is Senior Lecturer in Private Law, University of Glasgow.
