scholarly journals Community Rights in Scots Property Law

2018 ◽  
pp. 79-101
Author(s):  
Malcolm Combe
Keyword(s):  
Land Reform ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Property Law ◽  
Land Law ◽  
Community Rights ◽  
Scottish Parliament ◽  
Community Approach ◽  
The Future

Since the establishment of the Scottish Parliament by the Scotland Act 1998, Scottish legislators have embarked on a programme of community-oriented land reform to allow for redistribution of land to communities. Eligible community bodies have rights of acquisition of varying strengths under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, and will soon benefit from a further suite of rights as a result of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 and the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016. The community approach that has been introduced to Scotland makes Scots law an interesting comparator for other land law regimes. This chapter explains the background to, the operation of and the future scope of such community rights in Scots property law.

Mehrheitswahl mit Verhältnisausgleich statt personalisierter Verhältniswahl. Ein alternativer Reformvorschlag zur Verkleinerung des Bundestags

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 825-843
Author(s):  
Franz Urban Pappi
Keyword(s):  
Proportional Representation ◽  
Policy Preferences ◽  
Proportional Systems ◽  
Scottish Parliament ◽  
The Future ◽  
Leadership Competence ◽  
Election Results ◽  
Local Representative ◽  
Electoral Law

The Federal German Electoral Law allots 299 constituency and 299 party list parliamentary seats or more . The personalized proportional representation (PR) system prescribes party list votes as the dominant principle of seat distribution . In this article a plurality system with additional PR seats is advocated . It would, for instance, fix the number of PR seats to 299 . Here three rules that are actually used in mixed‑member proportional systems are discussed: (1) Total negative vote transfer from candidate to party votes (scorporo totale in Italy), (2) partial negative vote transfer of only candidate votes that assured constituency victory (votes of first loser plus one), (3) applying d’Hondt to party votes for gaining PR seats by adding the number of gained constituency seats to the denominator of the sequential divisions (Scottish Parliament) . Contrafactual seat distributions based on the 2017 election results are computed . The thesis is that voters are guided primarily by their policy preferences when choosing parties and by leadership competence when choosing their local representative and indirectly the future chancellor .

The future of planning under a Scottish Parliament

2001 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Allmendinger
Keyword(s):  
Scottish Parliament ◽  
The Future

1. Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Robert Abbey ◽  
Mark Richards
Keyword(s):  
Contract Law ◽  
Property Law ◽  
Land Law ◽  
Property Ownership

Property Law and Practice (PLP) covers all aspects of the process that is otherwise called conveyancing. It is how practitioners arrange the transmission of property ownership from seller to buyer. This introductory chapter provides an overview of PLP. Specifically, it explains the three foundations upon which PLP rests: land law, contract law, and trusts.

2. Important principles of land law

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Abbey ◽  
Mark Richards
Keyword(s):  
Third Party ◽  
Property Law ◽  
Land Trusts ◽  
Land Law

Land Law is an important foundation for the study of Property Law and Practice (PLP). This chapter summarizes the fundamental principles of land law. It covers estates and interests in land; trusts and co-ownership; easements; freehold covenants; leases; mortgages; and third party rights, overriding interests, and the register and classes of title.

2. Important principles of land law

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Abbey ◽  
Mark Richards
Keyword(s):  
Third Party ◽  
Property Law ◽  
Land Trusts ◽  
Land Law

Land Law is an important foundation for the study of Property Law and Practice (PLP). This chapter summarizes the fundamental principles of land law. It covers estates and interests in land; trusts and co-ownership; easements; freehold covenants; leases; mortgages; and third party rights, overriding interests, and the register and classes of title.

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