Legalized Identities - Cultural Heritage Law and the Shaping of Transitional Justice

This book pushes the boundaries of transitional justice and cultural heritage law, relying on insights from across all continents, and on multiple disciplines. Its original insights are of great use in the fields of law, heritage studies, transitional justice, international relations, human rights, history, and memory studies.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Identity, Memory, and Transitional Justice; 3. Conservation and Reinvention: Remaking Symbols; 4. Erasing or Replacing Symbols; 5. Creating New Symbols; 6. Cultural Heritage as Pragmatism; 7. Conclusions.

About the author

Lucas Lixinski is Associate Professor at Faculty of Law, UNSW Sydney. He is a leading researcher in the areas of international cultural heritage law and international human rights law, having authored over 100 publications in those fields. He is Vice President of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies and Rapporteur of the International Law Association Committee on Participation in Global Cultural Heritage Governance.

Summary

This book pushes the boundaries of transitional justice and cultural heritage law, relying on insights from across all continents, and on multiple disciplines. Its original insights are of great use in the fields of law, heritage studies, transitional justice, international relations, human rights, history, and memory studies.

Product details

• Authors: Lucas Lixinski, Lucas (University of New South Wales Lixinski, Lixinski Lucas
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9781108488150
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48815-0
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Law in Context
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Family law; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / International, LAW / Public, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Public International Law, Social and cultural anthropology