Advocates' Library
Encyclopedia
The Advocates' Library is a law library
belonging to the Faculty of Advocates
in Edinburgh
, founded in 1682. Until 1925 it was the deposit library for Scotland
, after which the role was taken on by the National Library of Scotland
.
It went into decline after head librarian Samuel Halkett's death in June 1871. He was a member of the Early English Text Society
and a friend to many compilers of the OED, notably Frederick Furnivall. His successor, Thomas Hill Jamieson
, met a fire that destroyed much of the collections in the summer of 1875, and the exertions to which he pushed himself to rebuild the library killed him in 1876.
All the non-legal collections were gifted to the National Library. Today, it alone of the Scottish libraries still holds the privilege of receiving a copy of every law book entered at Stationers' Hall. The library forms part of the complex that includes Parliament House
.
Law library
A law library is a library designed to assist law students, attorneys, judges, and their law clerks and anyone else who finds it necessary to correctly determine the state of the law....
belonging to the Faculty of Advocates
Faculty of Advocates
The Faculty of Advocates is an independent body of lawyers who have been admitted to practise as advocates before the courts of Scotland, especially the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary...
in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
, founded in 1682. Until 1925 it was the deposit library for Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, after which the role was taken on by the National Library of Scotland
National Library of Scotland
The National Library of Scotland is the legal deposit library of Scotland and is one of the country's National Collections. It is based in a collection of buildings in Edinburgh city centre. The headquarters is on George IV Bridge, between the Old Town and the university quarter...
.
It went into decline after head librarian Samuel Halkett's death in June 1871. He was a member of the Early English Text Society
Early English Text Society
The Early English Text Society is an organization to reprint early English texts, especially those only available in manuscript. Most of its volumes are in Middle English and Old English...
and a friend to many compilers of the OED, notably Frederick Furnivall. His successor, Thomas Hill Jamieson
Thomas Hill Jamieson
Thomas Hill Jamieson was a Scottish librarian.Jamieson, born in August 1843 at Bonnington, near Arbroath, in Scotland, was educated at the burgh and parochial school of that town, and afterwards at Edinburgh High School and University...
, met a fire that destroyed much of the collections in the summer of 1875, and the exertions to which he pushed himself to rebuild the library killed him in 1876.
All the non-legal collections were gifted to the National Library. Today, it alone of the Scottish libraries still holds the privilege of receiving a copy of every law book entered at Stationers' Hall. The library forms part of the complex that includes Parliament House
Parliament House, Edinburgh
Parliament House in Edinburgh, Scotland, was home to the pre-Union Parliament of Scotland, and now houses the Supreme Courts of Scotland. It is located in the Old Town, just off the Royal Mile, opposite St Giles Cathedral.-Parliament Hall:...
.