Confronting Colonial Objects

Stahn's appealing approach in dealing with claimed cultural objects set out in Confronting Colonial Objects....the reader has been treated to 524 pages of a comprehensive factual and legal predicate that logically sets up and supports what I consider the gem of this book...I highly recommend Confronting Colonial Objects Histories, Legalities, and Access to Culture. It is a brilliant academic treated on the subject.

Auteur

Carsten Stahn, Professor of International Criminal Law and Global Justice, Leiden University & Queen's University Belfast Carsten Stahn is Professor of International Criminal Law and Global Justice at the Leiden Law School and Queen's University Belfast. He is former Legal Officer at the ICC and author/editor of 17 books and over 80 articles in international law and international justice. He holds a PhD and Habilitation from Humboldt University Berlin. He received the Ciardi Prize of the International Society for Military Law and multiple research grants from the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO) on Post-Conflict Justice and jus post bellum.

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Confronting Colonial Objects traces recurring justifications and contestations of takings and returns in colonial history through the life story of cultural objects. It develops a theory based on justice, ethics, and human rights that confronts ongoing historic, legal, and economic entanglements and enables normative transformation.

Résumé
Confronting Colonial Objects traces recurring justifications and contestations of takings and returns in colonial history through the life story of cultural objects. It develops a theory based on justice, ethics, and human rights that confronts ongoing historic, legal, and economic entanglements and enables normative transformation.