Appunti per una metodica nello studio dei reati contro il patrimonio culturale

Legal language defines Cultural Heritage like a polysemous
concept – now a cultural asset, now a landscape asset. This
semantic ambiguity does not cease to be such under the
lens of the criminal lawyer, called to turn his gaze to crimes
against Cultural Heritage in their dual dimension, legal and
empirical. However, methodological issues in criminal matter needs greater attention, in light of the complexity of the
object of study, in a context of strong cultural, legal and ethical contrasts. On these premises, this essay intends to suggest an easy toolkit through which to explore the renewed
epistemological framework, in the awareness that faced with
the new realities of the criminal law universe it is necessary
to test the most effective approach.