The Scottish Enlightenment, The Democratic Intellect and the Work of Madame Justice Wilson

Authors

• Alan Watson, University of Georgia School of LawFollow

Dalhousie Law Journal, Vol. 15, No. 1 (July 19920, pp. 23-34

Abstract

To talk of Madame Justice Wilson in the context of her Scottish background, the Scottish Enlightenment and the Democratic Intellect is one of the most exciting yet daunting tasks I have undertaken. A huge problem, which I will mention first but not discuss, has been to get to grips with her towering intellect. As will become clear, this problem was much diminished by Madame Justice Wilson herself: she writes with a simplicity, grace, rationality and humanity that may even lead one to underestimate the complexity of her thought.

Repository Citation

Alan Watson, The Scottish Enlightenment, The Democratic Intellect and the Work of Madame Justice Wilson (1992),
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/fac_artchop/430