International Exchange and Trade in Cultural Objects

A. F. Vrdoljak, International Exchange and Trade in Cultural Objects, in V. Vadi and B. de Witt (eds), Culture and International Economic Law, (London: Routledge, 2015).

36 Pages Posted: 4 Nov 2014

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Ana Filipa Vrdoljak

University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Law

Date Written: November 1, 2014

Abstract

The legal protection of movable cultural heritage at the international level has been defined by a perennial tug-of-war between forces promoting international exchange and those seeking regulation of the transfer of the cultural objects. Shifts over the last century in how the balance between these twin aims is achieved reflect changes in the composition of Member States of intergovernmental organizations and their corresponding changing priorities. In the early twentieth century, the balance fostered under the League of Nations favored a cosmopolitan view promoting the circulation and interchange of cultural material to further knowledge and mutual understanding between peoples. The balance sought in the late twentieth century emphasized the importance of states being able to host representative national collections on their own territory. More recently, this position appears to be tempered by moves to make cultural objects exhibited in international exhibitions immune from seizure or suit while on temporary loan. These moves are justified on the grounds reminiscent of those articulated a hundred years before. The evolving recalibration of these dual priorities is the central focus of this chapter.

Keywords: International Cultural Heritage Law, Human Rights Law, International Economic Law, International Exchange, Trade, Cultural Objects

JEL Classification: K33

Suggested Citation

Vrdoljak, Ana Filipa, International Exchange and Trade in Cultural Objects (November 1, 2014). A. F. Vrdoljak, International Exchange and Trade in Cultural Objects, in V. Vadi and B. de Witt (eds), Culture and International Economic Law, (London: Routledge, 2015)., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2518043

Ana Filipa Vrdoljak (Contact Author)

University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Law ( email )

Sydney
Australia

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