29th March 2016, 10:28 PM
Yes the law is the law but in Scotland's case the law appears to also be the Crown and common law which does not appear to be the same as the common law in England. More like a local law controlled by the Crown or rather a Museum service? I don't know if this a result of Scottish exemption from fundamentals like the Magna Carta which is much beyond me and seems to be concerned with fish weirs but I would think that the ifa when issuing standards and guidance's would be trying to set a generic standard for archaeologists including so called planning archaeologists to follow. The IFA standard reads as the planning archaeologists should make it clear in the brief and the real archaeologist should make it clear as well which would give the landowner the chance to compare and critically asses their position...Are there any examples of briefs clearly stating the landowners rights in Scotland or England Wales (Ireland)?
.....nature was dead and the past does not exist