Art and cultural heritage law, policy, and practice

• Main Author: Hoffman, Barbara T. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2006
• Subjects: Cultural property > Law and legislation > Protection
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• Item Description: Originally published: 2006
• Physical Description: 562 pages illustrations, maps; 28 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780521122979; 052112297X

Art and Cultural Heritage is appropriately, but not solely, about national and international law respecting cultural heritage. It is a bubbling cauldron of law mixed with ethics, philosophy, politics and working principles looking at how cultural heritage law, policy and practice should be sculpted from the past as the present becomes the future. Art and cultural heritage are two pillars on which a society builds its identity, its values, its sense of community and the individual. The authors explore these demanding concerns, untangle basic values, and look critically at the conflicts and contradictions in existing art and cultural heritage law and policy in its diverse sectors. The rich and provocative contributions collectively provide a reasoned discussion of the issues from a multiplicity of views to permit the reader to understand the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of the cultural heritage debate.