This thesis analyses the international legal protection of the world built heritage. It points out the democratic and cultural values of the architectural patrimony as a source of knowledge, self-identification, social and historical continuity of peoples, and as a source of common enrichment of mankind. It examines the extent to which this cultural heritage relates to natural and human environments, and reasserts the need to prevent monuments or any of their original fabrics from removal for the illicit trade of artefacts worldwide. It argues in favour of the continued commitment of sovereign States and of international society as a whole in order to preserve the cultural rights of present and future generations as stated in the Conventions and Recommendations of the United Nations Organisation for Education, Science and Culture. It emphasizes the interest to implement the international law of architectural conservation in peacetime and wartime and to improve means of cooperation and emergency assistance for the safeguard of the common heritage. For the integration of the legal instruments of conservation and their formal recognition by governments, with the help of professional experts in several international organisations, provide the actual basis for an increasing number of conservation programs in different regions of the world. A further significant territorial development of thee law of architectural conservation is the involvement of local communities in the preservation and management of cultural sites and buildings, as participatory and decentralized means of conservation strongly impact on the social development of people and their political organisation.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.29935 |
| Date | January 1999 |
| Creators | Lebesgue, Sonia. |
| Contributors | Provost, Rene (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | French |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Laws (Institute of Comparative Law.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001681023, proquestno: MQ55103, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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