Reviews

The Poor Had No Lawyers: Who Owns Scotland and How They Got It by Andy Wightman

donnaadouglas's review against another edition

3.0

A very dry read (lots of legal jargon!) but compelling. Some fascinating content, but quite a push to get through in places.

bethany_jane_'s review against another edition

informative slow-paced

3.75

stephanielynnrp's review

4.0

3.5 stars,

mickbordet's review against another edition

4.0

A fascinating read and interesting insight into the history of land ownership in Scotland. It is more of a 'big picture' approach than I was expecting, given the blurb, but no worse for that. There are one or two example cases where the whole story is not finished, but in general there is a good mix of history, legal background, figures and individual examples. The author clearly has his own agenda, but this is not hidden in any way, so doesn't really detract.