John MacAskill

Scotland's Foreshore

Public Rights, Private Rights and the Crown 1840 - 2017

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Produktbeschreibung

Scotlandâ s Foreshore tells the story of the battle that took place during the nineteenth century and into the early twentieth century between the Crown and private proprietors over the ownership of the foreshore.

Produktdetails

• Scotland's Land
• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 154mm x 233mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9781474436922
• ISBN-10: 1474436927
• Artikelnr.: 59362157

Autorenporträt

John MacAskill is a retired solicitor and an Honorary Fellow in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh. He is the author of We Have Won the Land: The story of the purchase of the North Lochinver Estate by the Assynt Crofters Trust (1999) and The Highland Destitution of 1837: Government Aid and Public Subscription (2013).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgments
Glossary of Legal Terms
Chapter 1 - 'A matter of prolonged controversy in Scotland'
Chapter 2 - 'Illegal encroachments of the Crown on the rights of proprietors'
Chapter 3 - 'A strange piece of legislation' and 'a Jesuitical paper'
Chapter 4 - 'One of the most prominent and assertive members'
Chapter 5 - 'A more favourable case to adopt could scarcely be obtained'
Chapter 6 - 'What remains in the Crown cannot be of great extent'
Chapter 7 - 'The proposals amount to the most bare-faced confiscation'
Chapter 8 - 'The Argyll influence in Tiree is paramount'
Chapter 9 - 'A genuine opportunity to change the fabric of Scottish society'
Envoi
Select Bibliography
Index