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Scotland's foreshore : public rights, private rights and the Crown 1840-2017 / John MacAskill.
LIBRA KDC420 .M33 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacAskill, John, author.
- Series:
- Scotland's land
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Land tenure--Scotland--History.
- Land tenure.
- Land tenure--Law and legislation--Scotland--History.
- Land reform--Scotland--History.
- Land reform.
- Shorelines--Law and legislation--Scotland--History.
- Shorelines.
- Shorelines--Law and legislation.
- History.
- Land tenure--Law and legislation.
- Scotland.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 260 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- 1 'A matter of prolonged controversy in Scotland' p. 1
- 2 'Illegal encroachments of the Crown on the rights of proprietors' p. 18
- 3 'A strange piece of legislation' and 'a Jesuitical paper' p. 62
- 4 'One of the most prominent and assertive members' p. 83
- 5 'A more favourable case to adopt could scarcely be obtained' p. 104
- 6 'What remains in the Crown cannot be of great extent' p. 136
- 7 'The proposals amount to the most bare-faced confiscation' p. 159
- 8 'The Argyll influence in Tiree is paramount' p. 184
- 9 'A genuine opportunity to change the fabric of Scottish society' p. 222.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-251) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1474436919
- 9781474436915
- OCLC:
- 1027810667
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