the justiciars (hence the High Court of the Justiciary), the Barony Courts and the Commission of Justiciary. The High Court of Justiciary was only incorporated into the College of Justice in 1672. Initially, there was little legal literature. Acts of the Parliament of Scotland and the books of the Old Law as well as Roman Law and Canon law texts were about all to which the pursuer and defender could refer. It was only after the establishment of the court that this situation improved, with judges noting their decisions in . The Treaty of Union 1707 with England preserved the Scottish Legal System. Article XIX provided "that the Court of Session or College of Justice do after the Union and notwithstanding thereof remain in all time coming within Scotland, and that the Court of Justiciary do also after the Union ... remain in all time coming." See also Senator of the College of Justice Historic List of Senators of the College of Justice Extraordinary Lord of Session Principal Clerk of Session and Justiciary References External links Supreme Courts at the National Archives of Scotland Courts of Scotland Scotland Organisations based in Edinburgh 16th-century papal bulls 1532 establishments in Scotland 1532 in law Organizations established in the 1530s