Poor Had No Lawyers
Poor Had No Lawyers Who owns Scotland? What happened to all the common land in Scotland? How did they get it? Can we get our common good land back? Has the Scottish Parliament made any difference? In…
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Poor Had No Lawyers
Who owns Scotland? What happened to all the common land in Scotland? How did they get it?
Can we get our common good land back? Has the Scottish Parliament made any difference? In this book, Andy Wightman updates the statistics of landownership in Scotland and explores how and why landowners got their hands on the millions of acres of land that were once held in common.He tells the untold story of how Scotland's legal establishment and politicians managed to appropriate land through legal fixes.
Have attempts to redistribute this power more equitably made any difference, and what are the full implications of the recent debt-fuelled housing bubble, the Smith Commission and the new Scottish Government's proposals on land reform?For all those with an interest in urban and rural land in Scotland, this updated edition of The Poor Had No Lawyers provides a fascinating