The files listed below comprise the entirety of William Forbes' The Institutes of the Law of Scotland, 1722 and 1730, reprinted 2012 with an introduction by Hector MacQueen.

William Forbes - Title pages and introduction (pdf)Download

William Forbes, The Institutes of the Law of Scotland - Table of contents (pdf)Download

Volume I: Private Law

Volume I Private Law - Dedication and preface (pdf)Download

Volume I Private Law - Preliminary Dissertation (pdf)Download

Volume I Private Law - Part I - Persons (pdf)Download

Volume I Private Law - Part II - Book I - Possession and property (pdf)Download

Volume I Private Law - Part II - Book II - Real and heritable rights (pdf)Download

Volume I Private Law - Part II - Book III - Obligations (pdf)Download

Volume I Private Law - Part III - Transmission of Estates (pdf)Download

Volume I Private Law - Part IV - Determining Civil Controversies (pdf)Download

Volume II: Criminal Law

Volume II Criminal Law - Preface (pdf)Download

Volume II Criminal Law - Part I - Book I - Crimes in General (pdf)Download

Volume II Criminal Law - Part I - Book II - Crimes against God (pdf)Download

Volume II Criminal Law - Part I - Book III - Crimes that touch Government and Peace (pdf)Download

Volume II Criminal Law - Part I - Book IV - Crimes that touch Private Persons (pdf)Download

Volume II Criminal Law - Part I - Book V - Crimes relating to Offices and the Exercise of Law (pdf)Download

Volume II Criminal Law - Part II - Book I - Criminal Courts and Jurisdiction (pdf)Download

Volume II Criminal Law - Part II - Book II - Judicial Proceedings (pdf)Download

Appendix on Witchcraft (pdf)Download

Index to both volumes pp 895-912 (pdf)Download

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