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A Comparative Study on Cultural Property Law in Five Foreign Countries

Date:2021/04/03 15:22:43


Title: A Comparative Study on Cultural Property Law in Five Foreign Countries

Editors: Wang Yunxia, Hu Shanchen

Publishing House: Cultural Relics Press

Brief Introduction:

A Comparative Study on Cultural Property law in Five Foreign Countries is the main achievement of the research project “the comprehensive study of Legal System of Foreign Cultural Relics” entrusted by National Cultural Heritage Administration. The book systematically expounds the formation, development and legal origin of the legal systems of tangible cultural heritage in United Kingdom, United States of America, France, Italy and Japan. The book comprehensively introduces the representative legal systems on cultural property protection of these countries,including legal protection of both immovable and movable cultural heritage.

Contents:

Preface

Chapter I Overview of the cultural property laws in five foreign countries

Section 1: A brief introduction of the cultural property law in United Kingdom

Section 2: A brief introduction of the cultural property law in United States of America

Section 3: A brief introduction of the cultural property law in France

Section 4: A brief introduction of the cultural property law in Italy

Section 5: A brief introduction of the cultural property law in Japan

Section 6: Comparison of the characteristics of cultural property laws of five foreign countries

Chapter II Protection institutions

Section 1: Administrative organs

Section 2: Professional consulting institutions

Section 3: Research and educational institutions

Section 4: Fund management and fundraising institutions

Chapter III Protection of immovable cultural relics

Section 1: Concept and form of immovable cultural relics

Section 2: Principles of protection

Section 3: Protective measures

Section 4: Protection planning

Section 5: Definition of ownership

Section 6 Compensation system for cultural relics protection

Chapter IV Archaeological excavation

Section 1: Archaeological management system

Section 2: Archaeological institutions and archaeological personnel

Section 3: Norms for archaeological activities

Section 4: Protection and management of archaeological resources

Section 5: Underwater archaeology and protection of underwater cultural heritage

Chapter V Protection of movable cultural relics

Section 1: Categories and protection measures of movable cultural relics

Section 2: Disputes over ownership

Section 3: Trading regulations

Section 4: Entry and exit administration

Chapter VI Rational utilization of cultural property

Section 1: Institutions for preservation, display and management of cultural relics

Section 2: Scope, methods and limits of open utilization

Section 3: Entrustment of cultural relics

Section 4: Incentive system for rational utilization of cultural relics

Chapter VII Public participation

Section 1: Development of the practice and concept of public participation in cultural relic protection

Section 2: Legal basis and guarantee of public participation

Section 3: Forms and paths of participation

Section 4: Functions of social organizations for cultural relics protection

Chapter VIII Recovery and return of lost cultural relics

Section 1: The emergence of problems and the establishment of relevant rules of international law

Section 2: Intereuropean regulations and legal measures of member states

Section 3: Issues on the return of aboriginal cultural relics

Section 4: Main avenues of recourse for cultural relics and the hindering factors

Comparison table of foreign words

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(Edited by DING Guangyu)