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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.
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• Historical introduction-- legal and administrative bodies-- crofts and crofters-- security of tenure-- fair rent and compensation-- changes in tenancy-- succession-- common grazings-- rights to acquire ownership-- release from crofting controls-- cottar's rights. Appendices: statutes-- rules of the Scottish Land Court-- rules of procedure of the Crofter's Commission-- notes on the availability of legal aid.
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Designed as a comprehensive textbook to the subject of crofting law with special reference to the Crofting Reform Act of 1976 which conferred on crofters the right to acquire an owner's title to their crofts and the right to share in the development value of croft land.
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