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Cultural Property Return and International Law: Values, Hegemony and Cultural Biases book cover

1st Edition

Cultural Property Return and International Law Values, Hegemony and Cultural Biases

By Isabella Atencio Copyright 2027
220 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores the current cultural property return frameworks and the values and interests behind them, offering a first step in dealing with existing injustices. International law regarding cultural property protection has long been criticised for its unrepresentative and distinctly Western nature; this book goes further by unpacking the deep impact this has on a community’s ability to... Read more

PART I

1. Introduction

2. Values Underpinning Cultural Property Protection

 

PART II

3. Development in Convergent Cultural Contexts 

4. Values Underpinning Convergent Cultural Contexts

 

PART III

5. Development in Divergent Cultural Contexts

 

PART IV

6. Values Underpinning Divergent Cultural Contexts

7. Analysis of the Values and Interests

8. Conclusion

 

Biography

Isabella Atencio is an independent cultural heritage researcher based in the UK. After attending Queen Mary, University of London and the London School of Economics for her LL.B. and LL.M. respectively, she received her Ph.D in law from the University of Warwick. Isabella’s academic focus is the return of cultural property taken during periods of historical injustice.

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