Intangible cultural heritage in international law /

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the legal issues around intangible cultural heritage (also known as traditional cultural expressions or folklore). It explores both institutional and substantive responses the law offers to the safeguarding of intangible heritage, relying heavily on criti...

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Main Author:	Lixinski, Lucas (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Cultural heritage law and policy.
Subjects:	Cultural property > Protection (International law) Intangible property. Patrimoine culturel > Protection (Droit international) LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice. Intangible property Protecció del patrimoni cultural. Responsabilitat de protegir (Dret internacional) Electronic books. Llibres electrònics.
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Summary:	This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the legal issues around intangible cultural heritage (also known as traditional cultural expressions or folklore). It explores both institutional and substantive responses the law offers to the safeguarding of intangible heritage, relying heavily on critiques internal and external to the law. These external critiques primarily come from the disciplines of anthropology and heritage studies. Intangible cultural heritage is safeguarded on three different levels: international, regional, and national. At the international level, the foremost instrument i.
Physical Description:	1 online resource
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780191668906 0191668907 9780191758546 019175854X 9780191668890 0191668893 1299737129 9781299737129