Università Roma Tre

The proliferation of norms devoted to the protection of cultural heritage has brought to the development of a distinct branch of international law, known as “international cultural heritage law”. The need to protect monuments and artifacts (tangible cultural heritage) as well as traditions, skills and rituals (intangible cultural heritage), in fact, knows no boundaries, especially in times of armed conflicts. Nevertheless, considering the importance of Italian cultural heritage, part of the course will focus on national legislation and case law. Furthermore, the growing body of international conventions and jurisprudence devoted to the legal protection of cultural heritage necessarily intersects different branches of law, from criminal law to environmental law, from private law to human rights. Those things stated, in order to introduce the student to the complexity of the issue, a historical overview will be provided to understand how the legal concept of cultural heritage developed at a national, European and global level. Each topic will be analyzed both from a theoretical point of view and from a more practical one (case study).
The course will be entirely held in English and the knowledge of legal English will be evaluated.

Course reading materials:
All materials will be provided during the course, according to the course schedule.

Supporting reading materials (non-compulosry):
Blake Janet, "International Cultural Heritage Law", Oxford: OUP, 2015.
Tsivolas Theodosius, "Law and Religious Cultural Heritage in Europe", New York: Springer, 2014.