Through a historical analysis of state dissolution and succession and its impact on cultural heritage from 1815 to present day, this book identifes guiding principles to facilitate the conclusion of agreements on the status of cultural property following the succession of states.

• Introduction


• Emergence and Elaboration of Principles (1815-1939)


• 1: Territoriality, Nation-state, and the Integrity of National Patrimony in the Nineteenth Century


• 2: State Succession to Cultural Property: Peace Treaty Practice (1918-1939)


• Consolidation and Codification of the Law (1940-1989)


• 3: The Second World War, Decolonization, and State Succession to Cultural Property


• 4: In Search for a New Global Order: The Codification of State Succession and the Development of International Cultural Heritage Law


• Building a New Consensus on Cultural Heritage: State Succession After 1989


• 5: State Succession to State Property and Tangible Cultural Heritage in the post-Cold War Context


• 6: New Horizons of State Succession: Reconciliation and Cultural Co-operation


• Final Conclusion


• Annex. 'Draft Proposal of Guiding Principles Relating to the Succession of States in respect of Tangible Cultural Heritage'

Andrzej Jakubowski is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences.