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Maritime legacies and the law : effective legal governance of WWI wrecks / Craig Forrest, TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Australia.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing, ©2019Description: xiv, 318 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781784717247 (hardback)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • K3791 FOR
Contents:
The war at sea -- The legacy -- The legal framework -- Legacy wrecks as objects of salvage -- Legacy wrecks as threats -- Legacy wrecks as historical and archaeological sites -- Legacy wrecks as memorials and maritime war graves -- The UK and the UCH Convention [Underwater Cultural Heritage Convention] -- The future.
Summary: This book examines the legal challenges surrounding shipwrecks from the World War I that remain on the seabed around the world. These wrecks are important because they serve as historical artifacts, archaeological sites, war graves and sometimes environmental hazards.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The war at sea -- The legacy -- The legal framework -- Legacy wrecks as objects of salvage -- Legacy wrecks as threats -- Legacy wrecks as historical and archaeological sites -- Legacy wrecks as memorials and maritime war graves -- The UK and the UCH Convention [Underwater Cultural Heritage Convention] -- The future.

This book examines the legal challenges surrounding shipwrecks from the World War I that remain on the seabed around the world. These wrecks are important because they serve as historical artifacts, archaeological sites, war graves and sometimes environmental hazards.

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