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Who Owns History?

Elgin's Loot and the Case for Returning Plundered Treasure

Geoffrey Robertson Qc

This thought-provoking book delves into the hotly-contested issue of cultural property ownership, using the debate surrounding the Elgin Marbles as a great example. Robertson QC illuminates the potential solutions for cultural property return based on human rights law principles, making a solid case for the experience of the past to be shared by everyone.
Publish Date
2019-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
2019-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
3.77
ISBN
9781785905216
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2020-08-03T07:15:18.000Z
The end of censorship in Britain. A wonderful story of the seminal Lady Chatterly trial of 1960, in Geoffrey Robertson’s fascinating ‘Who Owns History’, a seminal book on the politics of culture      source