The first full-scale study of the international legal framework governing underwater cultural heritage to be published in nearly two decades.

The marine environment is almost ideal for the preservation of artefacts and, until relatively recently, it also provided complete protection from destruction b

Setting out the international law principles and rules derived from the various international conventions that address cultural heritage in its various manifest

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the development of international cultural heritage law and policy since 1945. It sets out the international (incl

The 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage represents a major step forward in the field of international law. New archaeol