POOR HAD NO LAWYERS: WHO OWNS SCOTLAND (NEW) (PB)

Who owns Scotland? How did they get it? What happened to all the common land in Scotland? Has the Scottish Parliament made any difference? Can we get our common land back? In this new edition, Andy Wightman updates the statistics of land ownership in Scotland and explores how and why landowners got their hands on millions of acres that were once held in common. He tells how Scotland's establishment managed to appropriate land through legal fixes – and how attempts to redress the balance are faring.