Cultural Heritage, International Law, and Politics

Harvard HLS

Prerequisite: Public International Law Exam Type: No Exam How does international law regulate cultural heritage? To what extent do existing legal frameworks meaningfully address claims for restitution, repatriation, and redress? Are contemporary debates about cultural artifacts, cultural sites, and cultural property fundamentally legal disputes? How do they expose the limits of international law itself? This seminar will introduce students to the rules, institutions, and…