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A Modern Legal History of Treasure

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Authors:
  1. N.M. Dawson

    1. Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK

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  • Examines treasure law and practice from the rise of the new science of archaeology
  • Shows how treasure law was ground-breaking in the legal protection of cultural property and cultural heritage
  • Drawing on archival material, the book covers several legal jurisdictions

Part of the book series: Palgrave Modern Legal History (PMLH)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Treasure Trove: Dream and Metaphor

    • N. M. Dawson
    Pages 1-41

  3. The Ancient Blunderbuss: Treasure Trove in England and Wales, c. 1837

    • N. M. Dawson
    Pages 43-90

  4. Treasure Trove in Early Victorian Ireland and Scotland

    • N. M. Dawson
    Pages 91-139

  5. Conversaziones

    • N. M. Dawson
    Pages 141-183

  6. Of Angels and Half-Angels

    • N. M. Dawson
    Pages 185-250

  7. The View from the Gloriette I: Treasure Trove in England and Wales, 1903–1996—Part One

    • N. M. Dawson
    Pages 251-301

  8. The View from the Gloriette II: Treasure Trove in England and Wales, 1903–1996—Part Two

    • N. M. Dawson
    Pages 303-360

  9. ‘The Royal Rummager of Dustbins’: Scotland, 1859–

    • N. M. Dawson
    Pages 361-440

  10. ‘Archaeological Objects’: Ireland, 1860–2014; Northern Ireland, 1921–97

    • N. M. Dawson
    Pages 441-483

  11. ‘Finding is the First Act’

    • N. M. Dawson
    Pages 485-543

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 545-625
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About this book

This book examines treasure law and practice from the rise of the new science of archaeology in the early Victorian period to the present day. Drawing on largely-unexamined state records and other archives, the book covers several legal jurisdictions: England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland pre- and post-independence, and post-partition Northern Ireland. From the Mold gold cape (1833) to the Broighter hoard (1896), from Sutton Hoo (1939) to the Galloway hoard (2014), the law of treasure trove, and the Treasure Act 1996, are considered through the prism of notable archaeological discoveries, and from the perspectives of finders, landowners, archaeologists, museum professionals, collectors, the state, and the public. Literally and metaphorically, treasure law is revealed as a ground-breaking chapter in the history of the legal protection of cultural property and cultural heritage in Britain and Ireland.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK

    N.M. Dawson

About the author

Norma Dawson was Professor of Law at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB), UK from 1995 to 2019. She is Professor Emeritus at (QUB), an honorary Bencher of the Inn of Court (N.I.), Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh, and a past president of the Irish Legal History Society.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Modern Legal History of Treasure

  • Authors: N.M. Dawson

  • Series Title: Palgrave Modern Legal History

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12833-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-12832-5Published: 07 April 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-12835-6Published: 08 April 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-12833-2Published: 06 April 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2947-6186

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-6194

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 625

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Legal History, History of Britain and Ireland, Modern History, Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, Archaeology

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