Impact of uniform laws on the protection of cultural heritage and the preservation of cultural heritage in the 21st century

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cultural heritage protection : a story of several beginnings, or : The pre- UNESCO period -- Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (1954) -- UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (1970) -- Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972) -- UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects (1995) -- Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (2001) -- Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003) -- Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005).