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International cultural heritage law has no set mechanism for dispute settlement. Disputes are settled through negotiation or through existing dispute resolution means: before domestic or international courts. This book offers a solution to the problem of the disparity this creates by advocating an evolution of the rules of the existing regime.
List of contents
1 Introduction; 2 Foundational Issues; 3 Examining the Existing Legal Regime; 4 Dispute Settlement in the Cultural Heritage Realm: Opting for Radical Reforms or for Enhancing Exisiting Dispute Settlement Means?; 5 Cross-Fertilization and Common Rules of Adjudication in the Service of Cultural Heritage: Toward a New Taxonomy?; 6 Conclusions
About the author
Dr Alessandro Chechi is a researcher and teaching assistant at the Art-Law Centre, Faculty of Law, of the University of Geneva (Switzerland). He holds a PhD in International Law from the European University Institute (Florence, Italy) and a LLM from the University College London (United Kingdom). He received his first law degree from the University of Siena (Italy). He is also a lecturer in public international law at the Université Catholique of Lille (France). He is a reporter for Italy of the Oxford University Press project 'International Law in Domestic Courts'. His fields of research include international cultural heritage law, international dispute settlement, and international organizations.
Summary
International cultural heritage law has no set mechanism for dispute settlement. Disputes are settled through negotiation or through existing dispute resolution means: before domestic or international courts. This book offers a solution to the problem of the disparity this creates by advocating an evolution of the rules of the existing regime.
Additional text
Chechi convincingly argues that there is something special about cultural heritage which necessarily spills over into dispute settlement...The volume makes distinctive contributions to the renewal of international cultural heritage law, and will be influential in shaping the field for years to come.
