Does the Law Determine What Heritage to Remember?

• Published in: International journal for the semiotics of law = Revue internationale de sémiotique juridique Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 623 - 656
• Main Author: de Clippele, Marie-Sophie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.07.2021
• Subjects: Applied Linguistics; Fundamentals of Law; Law; Law and Criminolgy; Legal History; Philosophy of Law; Theories of Law; Cultural heritage; Colonial heritage; Oblivion; History; Cultural heritage law; Memory

Cultural heritage can offer tangible and intangible traces of the past. A past that shapes cultural identity, but also a past from which one sometimes wishes to detach oneself and which nevertheless needs to be remembered, even commemorated. These themes of memory, history and oblivion are examined...