Cultural Law

James A. R. Nafziger is Thomas B. Stoel Professor of Law and Director of International Programs at the Willamette University College of Law. A former President of the American Branch of the International Law Association, he serves as Chair of the ILA's Cultural Heritage Law Committee. Professor Nafziger is the author of International Sports Law and co-editor of The Cultural Heritage of Mankind and Cultural Heritage Issues: The Legacy of Conquest, Colonization and Commerce. Robert Kirkwood Paterson is a Professor of Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia. He is an editor of the International Journal of Cultural Property and Rapporteur of the Cultural Heritage Law Committee of the International Law Association, of which he is a Canadian board member. He has written widely about cultural property and international trade law, most recently as co-editor of Protection of First Nations Cultural Heritage: Laws, Policy, and Reform (2009). Alison Dundes Renteln is a Professor of Political Science and Anthropology at the University of Southern California. She is an expert on cultural rights, including the use of the 'cultural defense' in the legal system, and has lectured to judicial organizations and law enforcement groups on this subject. She served on the State Bar Commission on Access to Justice and the California Judicial Council Access and Fairness Advisory Committee.

1. Cultural law: an introduction; 2. 'Culture' and 'law' – the basics; 3. Cultural heritage law: introduction; 4. Cultural material: protection and cooperation; 5. Cultural material: rectification, criminal justice, and dispute resolution; 6. Intangible cultural heritage; 7. Museums; 8. Sports; 9. Religion; 10. Language and freedom of linguistic expression.