Land Reform in Scotland
History, Law and Policy
1st Edition
Published on 3. February 2020
384 pages
978-1-4744-4686-0 (ISBN)
Description
This interdisciplinary analysis of Scotland's perennial political hot potato - the Scottish land question - follows the latest legislative development, The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016. Bringing together leading academics and professional experts working in law, history and policy, Land Reform in Scotland delves into issues from the early modern period to present day. Individual chapters discuss some areas such as property theory and human rights which have been under-studied in relation to land reform.
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Content
- Intro
- Title page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Contributors
- Introduction
- PART I History
- 1 Land, Labour and Capital: External Influences and Internal Responses in Early Modern Scotland
- 2 Agricultural Enlightenment, Land Ownership and Scotland's Culture of Improvement, 1700-1820
- 3 The Impact of Agrarian Radicalism on Land Reform in Scotland and Ireland, 1879-1903
- 4 'The usual agencies of civilisation': Conceptions of Land Ownership and Reform in the Comparative Context in the Long Nineteenth Century
- 5 Still on the Agenda? The Strange Survival of the Scottish Land Question, 1880-1999
- PART II Law
- 6 Earth and Stone: History, Law and Land through the Lens of Sasine
- 7 Legislating for Community Land Rights
- 8 Towards Sustainable Community Ownership: A Comparative Assessment of Scotland's New Compulsory Community Right to Buy
- 9 Property Rights and Human Rights in Scottish Land Reform
- 10 The Evolution of Sustainable Development in Scotland: A Case Study of Community Right to Buy Law and Policy, 2003-18
- 11 Scottish Residential Tenancies
- 12 Crofting Law
- 13 Agricultural Tenancy Legislation and Public Policy Considerations in Scotland
- PART III Policy
- 14 Planning and Rights: Are there Lessons for Town Planning We Can Borrow from Land Reform?
- 15 Crofting Policy and Legislation: An Undemocratic and Illegitimate Structure of Domination?
- 16 Does Size Really Matter? Sustainable Development Outcomes from Different Scales of Land Ownership
- 17 Agricultural Models in Scotland and Norway: A Comparison
- Index
