Prohibiting plunder : how norms change / Wayne Sandholtz.

New York : Oxford University Press, c2007.

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Cultural property -- Protection (International law) -- History.

Cultural property -- Protection -- Law and legislation.

Art thefts.

'Prohibiting Plunder' traces and explains the emergence of international rules against wartime looting of cultural treasures, and explores how anti-plunder norms have developed over the past 200 years. The book covers highly topical events including the looting of thousands of antiquities from the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. (Oxford Scholarship Online). Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher) or Firefox 2.0 (or higher). Available as searchable text in HTML format. Access restricted to subscribing institutions.

Oxford scholarship online. Law collection.

9780195337235

xi, 338 p. : ill. ; 25 cm