The Way Home for Looted Cultural Properties: Legal and Ethical Issues in the return of Looted Cultural Relics from World War II
Date：2021/07/01 16:24:24
Author: Wang Yunxia; Hu Shanchen; Li Yuan
Publishing house: the Commercial Press
Brief Introduction:
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the plundering of cultural properties by the Axis powers against the Allies during World War II and the legal difficulties of return of them after wars and nowadays. It goes on to summarize the legal and practical experience of European and American countries in the return of Nazi-looted arts since the Cold War. The book concludes with an analysis of the practical difficulties and possible paths for China to recover cultural objects from Japan, which has strong practical significance.
Content page
Introduction
Chapter I Basic theory of the return of cultural property
Chapter II: The plundering of cultural properties by the Axis Powers during World War II and their return in the early postwar period
Chapter III: Establishment of international rules for the return of cultural properties after World War II
Chapter IV: Approaches and practices of the return of Nazi-looted arts in European and American countries after the Cold War
Chapter V: The dilemma of Asian countries in recovering the cultural properties looted by Japan
Chapter VI: The feasibility and possible path for China to recover the cultural relics plundered by Japan
Epilogue: Enlightenment of the new policies on the return of colonial cultural properties in France and Germany
Reference
Comparison table of Important terms in Chinese and foreign languages
