▁the ▁legal ▁profession , ▁with ▁the ▁prime ▁purpose ▁of ▁publishing ▁what ▁are ▁the ▁nearest ▁thing ▁to ▁' o fficial ' ▁law ▁reports ▁that ▁exist ▁in ▁Scotland , ▁as ▁ev iden ced ▁by ▁Pract ice ▁Notes ▁from ▁both ▁the ▁Court ▁of ▁Session ▁and ▁the ▁High ▁Court ▁of ▁Just ici ary ▁direct ing ▁that ▁Session ▁C ases ▁law ▁reports ▁must ▁be ▁c ited ▁in ▁preference ▁to ▁any ▁other ▁source ▁if ▁the ▁case ▁being ▁c ited ▁is ▁reported ▁in ▁Session ▁C ases . ▁ ▁The ▁series ▁comm enced ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 1 . ▁Initial ly ▁the ▁law ▁reports ▁were ▁of ▁cases ▁heard ▁in ▁the ▁Court ▁of ▁Session ▁only ▁and ▁were ▁named ▁for ▁the ▁edit ors ▁who ▁managed ▁the ▁collection ▁of ▁law ▁reports ▁thus ▁Shaw ▁( 1 8 2 1 - 3 7 ), ▁Dun lop ▁( 1 8 3 8 - 6 1 ), ▁Mac ph erson ▁( 1 8 6 2 - 7 2 ), ▁R ett ie ▁( 1 8 7 3 - 9 7 ) ▁and ▁F ras er ▁( 1 8 9 8 - 1 9 0 5 ). ▁There ▁is ▁no ▁Session ▁C ases ▁volume ▁number ed ▁for ▁ 1 9 0 6 ▁and ▁the ▁series ▁recom men ced , ▁as ▁Session ▁C ases , ▁with ▁different ▁annual ▁coverage ▁with ▁the ▁ 1 9 0 7 ▁volume . ▁The ▁series ▁has ▁covered ▁cases ▁heard ▁in ▁the ▁High ▁Court ▁of ▁Just ici ary , ▁Scotland ' s ▁supre me ▁criminal ▁court ▁since ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁R ett ie ▁series