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The Case for Repatriating China’s Cultural Objects

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Authors:
  1. Zuozhen Liu

    1. Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

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  • Combines a number of

  • fields to shed new light on the debate concerning repatriation of cultural

  • heritage from a Chinese perspective, without losing scientific objectivity

  • Features an engaging introduction to China’s history and cultural identity, as well as the destruction and looting of cultural property in the past

  • Presents normative research on cultural heritage law by evaluating the interests of cultural identity

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
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  2. The Loss of Cultural Relics in Modern Chinese History

    • Zuozhen Liu
    Pages 1-22

  3. Law and Ethics Protecting Cultural Objects

    • Zuozhen Liu
    Pages 23-54

  4. Restitution Through International Adjudication: Looted Cultural Objects Case Studies

    • Zuozhen Liu
    Pages 55-81

  5. Restitution Through Civil Litigation: A Case Study of the Dunhuang Manuscripts

    • Zuozhen Liu
    Pages 83-111

  6. Cultural Identity: The Politics of Recognition

    • Zuozhen Liu
    Pages 113-143

  7. Why Lost Cultural Relics Matter in China

    • Zuozhen Liu
    Pages 145-166

  8. Conclusions and Recommendations

    • Zuozhen Liu
    Pages 167-171

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 173-179
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This book investigates China's demands for the repatriation of Chinese cultural relics 'lost' during the country's modern  history. It addresses two main research questions: Can the original owners, or their rightful successors, of cultural objects looted, stolen, or illicitly exported before the adoption of the 1954 Hague Convention and the 1970 UNESCO Convention reclaim their cultural objects pursuant to remedies provided by international or national law? And what are the philosphical, ethical, and cultural considerations of identity underlying the international conventions protecting cultural objects and claims made for repatriating them? The first part of the book explores current positive legal regimes, while the second part focuses on the philosphical, ethical, and cultural considerations regarding repatriation of cultural objects. Consisting of seven chapters and an introduction, it outlines the loss of Chinese cultural relics in modern history and the normative framework for the protection of cultural heritage. It presents case studies designed to assess the possibility of seeking legal remedies for restitution under contemporary legal regimes and examines the cultural and ethical issues underpinning the international conventions protecting cultural heritage and claims for the repatriation of cultural heritage. It also discusses issues of cultural identity, the right to cultural identity and heritage, multiculturalism, the politics of recognition, cosmopolitanism, the right to cultural heritage, and other related issues.  The concluding chapter answers the two research questions and offers suggestions for future research.

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  • Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

    Zuozhen Liu

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