Land reform in Scotland
Land reform in Scotland is the ongoing process by which the ownership of land, its distribution and the law which governs it is modified, reformed and modernised by property and regulatory law. == Land ownership in Scotland == Scotland's land issues are rooted in two processes that happened in the 18th and 19th centuries, especially in the Scottish Highlands: Enclosures: landlords took control of the common lands under their regime, made them their private property, and excluded their tenants from using them.