Advanced Introduction to Cultural Heritage Law

Advanced Introduction to Cultural Heritage Law
Author: Lorenzo Casini
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2024-03-14
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1789900077

Lorenzo Casini delves into the increasing globalization of cultural heritage law in this innovative and thought-provoking Advanced Introduction. In addition to answering fundamental questions on cultural property, Casini connects national and global aspects of cultural heritage law, dissects old and contemporary dilemmas, and examines the future challenges of cultural heritage law in the digital age.

An Introduction to Cultural Heritage Law

An Introduction to Cultural Heritage Law
Author: Ugo Mifsud Bonnici
Publisher:
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2008
Genre: Cultural property
ISBN:

The book, supported jointly with the Maltese Superintendency for Cultural Heritage and Heritage Malta, attempts to bridge the gap between the laws concerning Land Use and Planning with those protecting the Cultural Heritage. This book seeks to bring together Malta's legislation relevant to these matters with the rich international texts in Treaties, Charters and Conventions. The aim is to provide the pabulum for further study and possible legislative elaboration. The book contains a number of quotations from the sources together with the author's comments in the light of his own experience as a lawyer and as a Minister.

Advanced Introduction to International Investment Law

Advanced Introduction to International Investment Law
Author: August Reinisch
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2020-06-26
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1783474521

August Reinisch gives a broad overview of the entire field of international investment law that has emerged as an important subfield of international economic law over the last decades. As a result of the boom of investment arbitration since the late 1990s, core questions of the substantive treatment of foreign investors are analysed. Combining an academic and a practical perspective, this book has been written to provide an introduction to investment law for lawyers, political scientists, economists as well as those interested in international relations.

Advanced Introduction to Sustainability Transitions

Advanced Introduction to Sustainability Transitions
Author: Frank W. Geels
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2024-08-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1035329697

In this insightful book, Frank W. Geels provides an advanced and evidenced introduction to one of the most important and dynamic topics in contemporary debates on how to address grand challenges like climate change and biodiversity loss.

Advanced Introduction to International Humanitarian Law

Advanced Introduction to International Humanitarian Law
Author: Robert Kolb
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2014-12-31
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1783477520

This innovative book provides a thought-provoking introduction to international humanitarian law. Robert Kolb explores the field through questions _ which are at times challenging and controversial _ in order to get to the very essence of the subject a

Handbook on the Law of Cultural Heritage and International Trade

Handbook on the Law of Cultural Heritage and International Trade
Author: James A R Nafziger
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 663
Release: 2014-04-25
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1781007349

øThis Handbook offers a collection of original writings by leading scholars and practitioners in the exciting, rapidly developing field of cultural heritage law. The detailed essays are the product of a multi-year project of the Committee on Cultural H

Advanced Introduction to Cultural Economics

Advanced Introduction to Cultural Economics
Author: Ruth Towse
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2014-06-27
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1781954917

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law, expertly written by some of the world�s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid sur

Advanced Introduction to Digital Society

Advanced Introduction to Digital Society
Author: Manuel Castells
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2024-06-05
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1803921129

This essential book documents the current configuration of digital society worldwide and examines its social, economic, political and cultural consequences. Presenting state-of-the-art empirical analysis and academic research, preeminent author Manuel Castells explores the profound impact that technology and digital transformation continues to have on the world as we know it.

Advanced Introduction to Indigenous Human Rights

Advanced Introduction to Indigenous Human Rights
Author: Dinah L. Shelton
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2024-04-12
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1035328658

In this vital Advanced Introduction, Dinah Shelton and Federico Guzman Duque examine the human rights of indigenous peoples and communities under current international law. Setting out a historical overview of the legal treatment of native populations from the colonial period to the present, the authors deftly analyse frameworks of institutions monitoring indigenous human rights, theoretical issues relating to these, access to justice and reparations, and special considerations afforded to specific indigenous communities.

Advanced Introduction to Law and Religion

Advanced Introduction to Law and Religion
Author: Frank S. Ravitch
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2023-01-20
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1789904056

This Advanced Introduction explores the difficulty of defining religion and the subsequent impact this has on creating laws which regulate and protect it. Taking a global comparative approach, Frank S. Ravitch guides the reader through how this unique interaction plays out in differing legal systems including in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Providing further context by contrasting specific case studies, the book provides a rounded and coherent exploration of the complexities of law in relation to religion.