The Routledge Handbook of Heritage and the Law sheds light on the relationship between the two fields and analyses how the law shapes heritage and heritage practice in both expected and unexpected ways.

Lucas Lixinski is Professor at the Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney, Australia. He is also an Associate at the Australian Human Rights Institute.

Lucie K. Morisset is the Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage and Professor in the Department of Urban and Tourism Studies of the School of Management at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and a researcher at the Interuniversity Centre Culture-Arts-Société (CELAT).

1. Introduction: The Law as an Instrument for Heritage; Part I - Scaffolding Heritage in the Law: 2. Scaffolding Heritage in the Law; 3. The Relations between Law and Heritage Studies; 4. Heritage and Law: A Wholly Mutual Relationship; 5. Heritage Law in Relation to Art Law: From Object to Museum; 6. International Cultural Heritage Law and Other International Legal Regimes; 7. Cultural Heritage Law and Other Domestic Norms; 8. Translating International Heritage Standards into Domestic Law; 9. Culture and Heritage in Constitutional Law; 10. Federalism and Heritage Law; 11. Private International Law and Cultural Heritage; 12. Cultural Heritage and Property Law; 13. Intellectual Property and Heritage Law: Mainstream and First Nations Perspectives; 14. Cultural Heritage in Urban Planning and Construction Law; Part II - Acting on Heritage: Authority and Conflicts: 15. Acting on Heritage: Authority and Conflicts. Introduction to the Section; 16. Sources of Heritage Law and Their Authority; 17. Legal Classification Within and Beyond Heritage Law; 18. Cultural Heritage Impact Assessments for Development Projects; 19. Laws on the Use of the Public Space for Heritage Purposes; 20. Who Speaks for Heritage? Standing to Pursue Action on Behalf of Heritage; 21. Alternative Dispute Resolution and Heritage; 22. Cultural Heritage Export Controls; 23. Regulating Dealers; 24. Heritage in Maritime Law; 25. Heritage Suspension: Law on Public Emergencies; 26. Heritage and Criminal Sanctions; Part III - What Does Heritage Stand For? Questions Towards New Grounds: 27. What Does Heritage Stand For? Questions Towards New Grounds; 28. Heritage as Fact or Legal Issue; 29. Contracting and Licensing for Heritage: Lessons from Fashion and Luxury Brands; 30. Private Law-Making, Self-Regulation and Heritage; 31. What is Heritage For? Law, Heritage, and Value; 32. Human Remains as Cultural Heritage; 33. Religious Heritage and the Law; 34. Heritage and Environmental Law; 35. Heritage and Human Rights Law