cultural property law
{{Short description|Body of law that relates to protecting some items that are significant culture.}}
Cultural property law is the body of law that protects and regulates the disposition of culturally significant material,Ann Marie Sullivan, Cultural Heritage & New Media: A Future for the Past, 15 J. MARSHALL REV. INTELL. PROP. L. 604 (2016) https://repository.jmls.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1392&context=ripl including historic real property, ancient and historic artifacts, artwork, and intangible cultural property.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hanksville.org/sand/cp.html|title = Cultural Property}} Cultural property can be any property, tangible or intangible, having special significance to a defined group of people, whether or not the group is vested with a traditional property interest.Saunders, Pammela Q., "A Sea Chance Off the Coast of Maine: Common Pool Resources as Cultural Property, vol. 60, Emory L.J. (June 2011), https://ssrn.com/abstract=1701225 Cultural property laws may be international (such as international conventions or bilateral agreements) or domestic (such as federal laws or state laws).
Major issues
=Cultural property during armed conflict=
Two major treaties have dealt with the issue of cultural heritage protection during armed conflict:
- Roerich Pact of 1935, amongst the Pan American Union
- Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict of 1954,{{cite web|url=http://www.icomos.org/hague/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-11-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970525145320/http://www.icomos.org/hague/ |archive-date=1997-05-25 }} superseding the Roerich Pact.
=Repatriation and looting=
{{main|art repatriation}}
Repatriation issues may also apply domestically, for instance, in the United States, the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA){{cite web| url = http://www.nps.gov/history/Nagpra/FAQ/INDEX.HTM| title = Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (U.S. National Park Service)}}
=Real property and built environment=
{{further|cultural heritage management}}
See also
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References
External links
- [http://culturalpropertylaw.wordpress.com The Cultural Property and Archaeology Law Blog]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110706181810/http://www.pro.rcip-chin.gc.ca/sommaire-summary/bibliographie_lois-law_bibliography-eng.jsp Heritage Law Bibliography]
- [Saunders, Pammela Q., "A Sea Change Off the Coast of Maine: Common Pool Resources as Cultural Property, vol. 60, Emory L.J. (June 2011), https://ssrn.com/abstract=1701225]
Category:Art and cultural repatriation
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