Scotland’s Foreshore

John MacAskill is a retired solicitor and an Honorary Fellow in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh. He is the author of We Have Won the Land: The story of the purchase of the North Lochinver Estate by the Assynt Crofters Trust (1999) and The Highland Destitution of 1837: Government Aid and Public Subscription (2013).

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsGlossary of Legal TermsChapter 1 - A matter of prolonged controversy in ScotlandChapter 2 - Illegal encroachments of the Crown on the rights of proprietorsChapter 3 - A strange piece of legislation’ and ‘a Jesuitical paperChapter 4 - One of the most prominent and assertive membersChapter 5 - A more favourable case to adopt could scarcely be obtainedChapter 6 - What remains in the Crown cannot be of great extentChapter 7 - The proposals amount to the most bare-faced confiscationChapter 8 - The Argyll influence in Tiree is paramountChapter 9 - A genuine opportunity to change the fabric of Scottish societyEnvoiSelect BibliographyIndex

This comprehensively researched and wholly first-rate book has ended my ignorance of these matters.... As a result of its being a substantial and innovative contribution to the history of Scotland, this book would anyway be important. But it is all the more significant because it appears at a point when responsibility for Crown-owned resources in Scotland has been devolved to the Scottish Parliament.