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International Law, Human Rights and Cultural Heritage - LAWS8067

Faculty: Faculty of Law

School: Faculty of Law

Course Outline: See below

Campus: Sydney

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2

Enrolment Requirements:

Prerequisite: Academic Program must be either 9200, 9210, 9230, 5740, 9240, 5760, 9211, 5211, 9281, 5281, 9220 or 5750.

Excluded: JURD7367

CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

This course examines the relationships between international law, heritage and identity. It critically examines intersections of domestic and international law, the international/global arena, and the politics of cultural formation and identity. What will be stressed is that these relationships are constitutive and highly politicized. An underlying theme will be that law does not operate in a contextual vacuum, and cultural meanings and values play a significant role in shaping the positive and negative dimensions of international law and its uses as a vocabulary of emancipation as it impacts individuals and communities in localized settings. At the same time, how do culture, heritage and cultural identity get defined in the context of international law, particularly in connection to the production, mobilization and implementation of regimes for the protection and safeguarding of heritage, and their impact on issues such as human rights and development practices? Drawing on a range of theoretical perspectives and recent scholarship in cultural studies, anthropology and sociology, the class will engage in contemporary debates informing the cultural dimensions of the international across different spaces of contestation.

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