Includes bibliographical references and index.

Who controls native cultural heritage? : "art," "artifacts," and the right to cultural survival / Rebecca Tsosie -- Protection and repatriation of indigenous cultural heritage in the United States / James A.R. Nafziger -- Repatriation of cultural material to first nations in Canada : legal and ethical justifications / Catherine Bell -- Taonga Maori renaissance : protecting the cultural heritage of Aotearoa/New Zealand / Robert K. Paterson -- Cultural heritage law : recent developments in the laws of war and occupation / Sabine von Schorlemer -- Unraveling history : return of African cultural objects repatriated and looted in colonial times / Folarin Shyllon -- Colonization and its effect on the cultural property of Libya / Nancy C. Wilkie -- Legal and illegal acquisition of antiquities in Iraq, 19th century to 2003 / McGuire Gibson -- German Archaeological Institute's protection of cultural heritage in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East / Margarete van Ess -- Whose culture is it anyway? / Kwame Anthony Appiah -- Thieves of Baghdad : the search for Iraq's stolen heritage / Matthew Bogdanos -- Mythology of the antiquities market / Ricardo J. Elia.

UNESCO international framework for the protection of the cultural heritage / Lyndel V. Prott -- 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage / Tullio Scovazzi -- Increasing effectiveness of the legal regime for the protection of the international archaeological heritage / Patty Gerstenblith -- Preservation of cultural heritage : a tool of international public diplomacy / Maria P. Kouroupas -- Culture and development : the role of governments in protecting and promoting culture / Anastasia Telesetsky -- Recovery of art looted during the Holocaust / Lawrence M. Kaye -- Resolving material culture disputes : human rights, property rights, and crimes against humanity / Robert K. Paterson -- Using UNIDROIT to avoid cultural heritage disputes : limitation periods / Patrick O'Keefe -- Provenance research : litigation and the responsibility of museums / Lawrence M. Kaye -- Museums as sites of reconciliation / Claire L. Lyons.

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