Research Seminar: "Regulation of Cultural Rights: Russian and International Experience"

2026/2027

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

3

ECTS credits

Delivered by:

School of Digital Law and Bio-Law

Type:

Elective course

When:

3 year, 3 module

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The scientific-research seminar «Questions of cultural rights regulation: Russian and international experience» is a discipline by choice to be studied by the 3rd year students of the Faculty of Law at the educational programmes “Law”, “Digital Lawyer”, “Private law”. The course examines international documents, including UNESCO documents, as well as Russian experience in the field of cultural rights regulation, in particular, museum business, cultural heritage, exchange of cultural values, etc. The course examines international documents, including UNESCO documents, as well as Russian experience in the field of cultural rights regulation, in particular, museums, cultural heritage, exchange of cultural property, etc.

Learning Objectives

• Students' mastery of the relevant issues of international cultural law
• Knowledge and understanding of UNESCO, UNIDROIT, and EU normative acts, including acts of "soft" and "hard" law, the processes of their development, adoption, amendment, implementation, and monitoring of their compliance
• Students’ acquisition of the professional competencies of a specialist in the legal aspects of international cultural law and Russian cultural law

Expected Learning Outcomes

• names the main stages of the history of international cultural law, starting with the development of the concept and the adoption of the UN Charter
• names and interprets the main types of normative documents in the field of international cultural law
• names the distinctive legal features of conventions, recommendations, declarations, and other types of documents of international cultural law
• reveals the legal content of conventions and recommendations in the field of the protection of cultural property and the promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions. Describes the main activities of the relevant UNESCO bodies
• reveals the content of conventions and recommendations in the field of international cultural law
• reveals the legal content of Russian legislation in the field of cultural law

Course Contents

• Basic provisions concerning cultural property
• International law defence of cultural property
• Fighting the illicit trafficking of cultural property
• National legislation in the field of import and export of cultural property
• UNESCO Rulemaking in the field of cultural heritage protection
• UNESCO Rulemaking in the field of cultural cooperation and creativity freedom promotion
• Defence of cultural property in the event of war and armed conflict
• Displaced property from the 18th century to the present day in world practice. The legal status of cultural property displaced to the Soviet Union as a result of World War II
• Libraries, archives and international exchange
• Museums and international exchange of cultural property
• Cultural property international trade
• Legal aspects of archaeological excavations

Assessment Elements

• Seminar activity
• Question answering concerning one of the course topics (written mini-essay)
• Presentation
• Scientific achievement
  A published, accepted, or pending scientific article in a scientific journal, OR participation in a scientific and practical conference, OR other scientific and practical activities on the subject of SRS (for example, the development of a business project or participation in a court dispute), OR other activities coordinated with the teacher).
• Exam

Interim Assessment

• 2026/2027 3rd module
  0.2 * Seminar activity + 0.1 * Scientific achievement + 0.3 * Presentation + 0.3 * Exam + 0.1 * Question answering concerning one of the course topics (written mini-essay)

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Культурные ценности : цена и право, Нешатаева, В. О., 2013
• Культурные ценности в международном обороте: правовые аспекты, Богуславский, М. М., 2017

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Lagrange, E., Oeter, S., & Uerpmann-Wittzack, R. (2018). Cultural Heritage and International Law : Objects, Means and Ends of International Protection. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1844453
• Струве, П. Б.  Patriotica. Политика, культура, религия, социализм / П. Б. Струве. — Москва : Издательство Юрайт, 2025. — 416 с. — (Антология мысли). — ISBN 978-5-534-11520-8. — Текст : электронный // Образовательная платформа Юрайт [сайт]. — URL: https://urait.ru/bcode/566478 (дата обращения: 02.07.2026).

Authors

• KATKOVA MARIIA MARATOVNA