Talk:Scots property law

Scots or Scottish?
Some of the articles on the law of Scotland describe their subjects as Scots. Others use Scottish, like Scottish family law.

Is there a nuance ehre that makes some of them properly titled Scots while others are Scottish? I tend to think that Scottish is preferable, since in most varieties of English Scottish refers generally to all things related to Scotland, while Scots makes you think first of the Scots language. And while Scottish legal terminology differs in many respects from English or American legal terms, the Scottish legal terms are the English words for Scottish legal contexts; they are not Scots words borrowed into English; and the articles may ultimately go beyond legal terminology in any case. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 18:44, 12 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I think that textbooks swap between both. Probably the best if we were going to make it consistent across all articles would be "Scots" because that I think is what Scots (in the noun sense!) might think is proper. Of course there can always be a redirect for a "Scottish" adjective. Are there any Scots/Scottish lawyers around?  Wik idea  21:29, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Its Scots law not Scottish law (from a Scots lawyer). Scottish is a nationalty, Scots is the descriptor. Scotch is a bastardisation of Scots.(User talk:Kentigern1136)