Reality and Practicality: Challenges to Effective Cultural Property Policy on the Ground in Latin America. Issue 2 (1st October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yates, Donna
• Is Part Of: International journal of cultural property. Volume 22:Issue 2/3(2015)
• Page Start: 337
• Page End: 356
• Publication Date: 2015-10-01
• Subjects: Cultural property -- Protection -- Periodicals; Cultural property -- Protection -- Law and legislation -- Periodicals; Cultural property -- Protection (International law) -- Periodicals; Cultural policy -- Periodicals; 341.7677
• DOI: 10.1017/S0940739115000156
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0940-7391

Abstract

Abstract: Although on-the-ground preservation and policing is a major component of our international efforts to prevent the looting and trafficking of antiquities, the expectation placed on source countries may be beyond their capacity. This dependence on developing world infrastructure and policing may challenge our ability to effectively regulate this illicit trade. Using case studies generated from fieldwork in Belize and Bolivia, this paper discusses a number of these challenges to effective policy and offers some suggestions for future regulatory development.