The impact of uniform laws on the protection of cultural heritage and the preservation of cultural heritage in the 21st century (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2010)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Part I. International legal framework -- Cultural heritage protection : a story of several beginnings, or : The pre- UNESCO period -- Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (1954) -- UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (1970) -- Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972) -- UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects (1995) -- Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (2001) -- Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003) -- Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005) -- Part II. National legal frameworks -- General issues -- Tangible cultural heritage -- Intangible cultural heritage -- Epilogue -- Table: Status of national ratification/Acceptance of international tools -- Canada / Robert K. Paterson -- Croatia / Igor Gliha and Tatjana Josipović -- Czech Republic / Pavel Šturma -- Denmark / Ditlev Tamm and Anne Østrup -- France / Marie Cornu -- Germany / Kurt Siehr -- Italy / Federico Lenzerini -- Japan / Toshiyuki Kono -- Mexico / Jorge Sánchez Cordero -- Netherlands / Katja Lubina -- New Zealand ; Aotearoa / Paul Myburgh -- Spain / Sofía de Salas -- Switzerland / Eva Maria Belser, Eva Rüegg and Eva Molinari -- Taiwan / Ming-Yan Shieh and Chung-Hsi Lee -- United States / James A.R. Nafziger