Cultural property law

{{Short description|Body of law regarding culturally significant material}} '''Cultural property law''' is the body of law that protects and regulates the disposition of culturally significant material,<ref>Ann Marie Sullivan, Cultural Heritage & New Media: A Future for the Past, 15 J. MARSHALL REV. INTELL. PROP. L. 604 (2016) https://repository.jmls.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1392&context=ripl</ref> including historic real property, ancient and historic artifacts, artwork, and intangible cultural property.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hanksville.org/sand/cp.html|title = Cultural Property}}</ref> Cultural property can be any property, tangible or intangible, having special significance to a defined group of people, whether or not the group is vested with a traditional property interest.<ref>Saunders, Pammela Q., "A Sea Chance Off the Coast of Maine: Common Pool Resources as Cultural Property, vol. 60, Emory L.J. (June 2011), https://ssrn.com/abstract=1701225</ref> Cultural property laws may be international (such as international conventions or bilateral agreements) or domestic (such as federal laws or state laws).

==Major issues==

===Cultural property during armed conflict=== Two major treaties have dealt with the issue of cultural heritage protection during armed conflict: * Roerich Pact of 1935, amongst the Pan American Union * Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict of 1954,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icomos.org/hague/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-11-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970525145320/http://www.icomos.org/hague/ |archive-date=1997-05-25 }}</ref> superseding the Roerich Pact.

===Repatriation and looting=== {{main|art repatriation}}   Repatriation issues may also apply domestically, for instance, in the United States, the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nps.gov/history/Nagpra/FAQ/INDEX.HTM| title = Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (U.S. National Park Service)}} </ref>

===Real property and built environment=== {{further|cultural heritage management}}

==See also== {{portal|law}} * Art and culture law * Cultural heritage * Property law * Treasure trove

==References== <references/>

==External links== *[https://culturalpropertylaw.wordpress.com The Cultural Property and Archaeology Law Blog] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110706181810/http://www.pro.rcip-chin.gc.ca/sommaire-summary/bibliographie_lois-law_bibliography-eng.jsp Heritage Law Bibliography] *[Saunders, Pammela Q., "A Sea Change Off the Coast of Maine: Common Pool Resources as Cultural Property, vol. 60, Emory L.J. (June 2011), https://ssrn.com/abstract=1701225]

Category:Property law Category:Cultural heritage Category:Art and cultural repatriation Category:Art and culture law