International Heritage Law for Communities: Exclusion and Re-Imagination

by Lucas Lixinski

This book critically engages the shortcomings of the field of international heritage law, seen through the lenses of the five major UNESCO treaties for the safeguarding of different types of heritage. It argues that these five treaties have effectively prevented local communities, who bear the brunt of the costs associated with international heritage protection, from having a say in how their heritage is managed. The exclusion of local communities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198843305
• ISBN13: 9780198843306
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"