International Cultural Heritage Law

Description

This course is intended to introduce students to the major institutions and some of the major normative texts that regulate and guide the protection of cultural heritage at the international level. It is designed to give students a solid understanding of the international legal frameworks for the protection and promotion of cultural heritage by introducing core legal instruments and institutions. Although this course will focus on international law, it will present where appropriate frameworks from across a range of domestic jurisdictions including Aotearoa New Zealand inviting a comparative approach to the protection and promotion of cultural heritage. This international subject matter will introduce students to a variety of historical and contemporary administrative, art, criminal, constitutional and property law issues which concern cultural heritage. These cross jurisdictional and cross cutting issues will challenge students to think critically about the current transnational approach to cultural heritage. Course materials and assessments will be drawn from a variety of primary and secondary sources including cases, commentary, legislation, popular media and other sources as appropriate.