Background
Walker, David Maxwell was born on April 9, 1920 in Glasgow, Scotland. Son of James Mitchell and Mary Paton Colquhoun (Irvine) Walker.
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The Scottish Legal System: An Introduction to the Study of Scots Law
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This eighth edition has been comprehensively updated throughout. A significant European dimension has been added and appendices on procedure inserted. An examination of the solicitor advocate's role is also explained.
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Law of Prescription and Limitation of Actions in Scotland
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Since the last edition of this text, the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 has been further amended by the Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991 and the Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995. The rules on prescription and limitation of actions are highly complicated, but directly relevant to contract, delict, property and conveyancing. This extensively revised edition takes account of amendments to recent legislation, introducing references to all new illustrative cases reported since the last edition in 1990.
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The Scottish jurists
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Law of Delict in Scotland Vol II
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Scottish Legal System: An Introduction to the Study of Scots Law
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The Scottish Legal System
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Law of Delict in Scotland Vol I
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The Scottish Legal System
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- The law of prescription and limitation of actions in Scotland
- The Scottish Legal System: An Introduction to the Study of Scots Law (This standard reference work provides not only an introdu...)
- The Oxford Companion to the Law by David M. Walker (1980-04-03)
- The Oxford Companion to the Law (A compendium of information on the branches of legal scie...)
- The Law Of Delict In Scotland. Volume I
- The Scottish Legal System: An Introduction to the Study of Scots Law by David M. Walker (2001-07-05)
- The Law Of Delict In Scotland. Volume II
David Maxwell Maxwell Walker
Edit Profileuniversity professor and barrister
Education
Master of Arts, Glasgow University, 1946. Bachelor of Laws, Glasgow University, 1948. Doctor of Laws, Glasgow University, 1985.
Doctor of Philosophy, Edinburgh (Scotland) University, 1952. Doctor of Laws, Edinburgh (Scotland) University, 1960. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Edinburgh (Scotland) University, 1974.
Bachelor of Laws, London University, 1957. Doctor of Laws, London University, 1968.
Career
Walker then began study at the University of Glasgow, but interrupted this to join the Army at the outbreak of World World War II in 1939. He began as a non-commissioned officer in the Cameronians, was seconded to the Royal Army Service Corps in 1941, and then served with the Indian Armed Forces in India in 1942, in the Middle East from 1942 to 1943, and in Italy from 1943 to 1946, rising to the rank of Captain. Whilst practising at the Bar he undertook postgraduate study as Faulds Fellow in Law at the University of Glasgow from 1949 to 1952 and was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy by the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1952.
From 1953 to 1954 he studied at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies of the University of London, and in 1954 was appointed Professor of Jurisprudence at the School of Law of the University of Glasgow.
In 1958, he succeeded Andrew Dewar Gibb as Regius Professor of Law at Glasgow, and was appointed Queen"s Counsel. As Regius Professor he published widely in the area of Scots Private Law, remaining in this post until 1990.
He continued as Emeritus Regius Professor, and was succeeded by Professor Joe Thomson. He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1980 and served as its Vice-President from 1985 to 1988.
He was awarded honorary degrees of Doctor of Laws by the Universities of London (1968), Edinburgh (1974), and Glasgow (1985), and was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1986.
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Works
book
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The Oxford Companion to the Law
(A compendium of information on the branches of legal scie...)
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Law of Prescription and Limitation of Actions in Scotland
(Since the last edition of this text, the Prescription and...)
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The Scottish Legal System: An Introduction to the Study of Scots Law
(This standard reference work provides not only an introdu...)
-
The Scottish Legal System
(This standard reference work provides not only an introdu...)
-
The Scottish Legal System: An Introduction to the Study of Scots Law
(This eighth edition has been comprehensively updated thro...)
-
Scottish Legal System: An Introduction to the Study of Scots Law
(This eighth edition has been comprehensively updated thro...)
- The law of prescription and limitation of actions in Scotland
- The Scottish jurists
- Law of Delict in Scotland Vol II
- The Oxford Companion to the Law by David M. Walker (1980-04-03)
- The Law of Contracts & Related Obligations in Scotland
- The Law of Delict in Scotland
- The Law Of Delict In Scotland. Volume I
- The Scottish Legal System: An Introduction to the Study of Scots Law by David M. Walker (2001-07-05)
- Law of Delict in Scotland Vol I
- The Law Of Delict In Scotland. Volume II
- The Scottish Legal System
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The Oxford Companion to the Law
Membership
Trustee, chairman Hamlyn Trust, London, 1954-1994. Member National Trust for Scotland, 1960. Captain Royal Indian Army Service Corps, 1941-1946.
Fellow Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, British Academy, Royal Society of Edinburgh (vice president 1985-1988), Royal Society of Arts, member Scottish History Society, Scottish Record Society, Heraldry Society of Scotland.
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Married Margaret Knox, September 1, 1954.
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