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