Scotland's Foreshore : : Public Rights, Private Rights and the Crown 1840-2017 / / John MacAskill.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: MacAskill, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Scotland's Land : SCLA
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)

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

Table of Contents

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