The expanding purview of cultural properties and their politics

Annual Review of Law and Social Science

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages 393-412

  Coombe, Rosemary J ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cultural expression; Cultural heritage; Cultural rights; Indigenous rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 76249123747     PISSN: 15503585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.lawsocsci.093008.131448     Document Type: Article

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