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Scotland’s Foreshore: Public Rights, Private Rights and the Crown 1840 - 2017

Scotland’s Foreshore: Public Rights, Private Rights and the Crown 1840 - 2017

Name: Scotland’s Foreshore: Public Rights, Private Rights and the Crown 1840 - 2017
Brand: Edinburgh University Press
SKU: 9781474436922
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Author: John MacAskill
ISBN: 9781474436922

By John MacAskill

Edinburgh University Press June 2020

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ISBN-13: 9781474436922
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication: June 2020
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: Scotland ? Countri(es) for reference only

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The story of the Crown’s challenge to Scottish foreshore ownership.

The ownership of Scotland’s foreshore has been a matter of a prolonged controversy. In the past, the debate centered on whether the shore was owned by the Crown or by adjacent proprietors and on how, and by whom, Crown-owned foreshore should be managed. Scotland’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. Drawing on his expert knowledge of law and its evolution, MacAskill provides new and valuable insights into the foreshore controversy and the contest between proprietors and the Crown and he discusses the important issues as to the management of the foreshore, issues that culminated in responsibility for the management of Scotland’s Crown-owned foreshore being devolved to the Scottish Parliament at a time when the question of land ownership is central to Scottish political debate.

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

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