The protection of historical wrecks in South African waters

dc.contributor.advisorDevine, Derry
dc.contributor.authorPugh, Lewis William Gordon
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-26T08:10:14Z
dc.date.available2021-11-26T08:10:14Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.date.updated2021-11-24T09:37:26Z
dc.description.abstractSince 1488, when Bartholemeu Dias first rounded the Cape, countless ships have been wrecked off the South African coast. Many of these ships are today of immense historical, archaeological and cultural value. Accordingly, they require protection from the threat of indiscriminate salvors. In this thesis, I shall examine to what extent current South African legislation protects and preserves historical shipwrecks which lie within twenty-four nautical miles of the South African coast. In so doing, I shall analyse the provisions of the National Monuments Act ' and draft legislation compiled in 1988 dealing with historic wrecks and artifacts '. I shall then examine to what extent the draft legislation remedies shortcomings in the National Monuments Act. However, in examining the law relating to historical shipwrecks, a familiarity with the history behind these shipwrecks is both interesting and necessary. Only then does it become evident that South Africa is steeped in shipwreck history, and that the South African coastline is a veritable treasure house.
dc.identifier.apacitationPugh, L. W. G. (1996). <i>The protection of historical wrecks in South African waters</i>. (). ,Faculty of Law ,Institute of Marine and Environmental Law. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35380en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationPugh, Lewis William Gordon. <i>"The protection of historical wrecks in South African waters."</i> ., ,Faculty of Law ,Institute of Marine and Environmental Law, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35380en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPugh, L.W.G. 1996. The protection of historical wrecks in South African waters. . ,Faculty of Law ,Institute of Marine and Environmental Law. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35380en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Master Thesis AU - Pugh, Lewis William Gordon AB - Since 1488, when Bartholemeu Dias first rounded the Cape, countless ships have been wrecked off the South African coast. Many of these ships are today of immense historical, archaeological and cultural value. Accordingly, they require protection from the threat of indiscriminate salvors. In this thesis, I shall examine to what extent current South African legislation protects and preserves historical shipwrecks which lie within twenty-four nautical miles of the South African coast. In so doing, I shall analyse the provisions of the National Monuments Act ' and draft legislation compiled in 1988 dealing with historic wrecks and artifacts '. I shall then examine to what extent the draft legislation remedies shortcomings in the National Monuments Act. However, in examining the law relating to historical shipwrecks, a familiarity with the history behind these shipwrecks is both interesting and necessary. Only then does it become evident that South Africa is steeped in shipwreck history, and that the South African coastline is a veritable treasure house. DA - 1996_ DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Shipwrecks LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 1996 T1 - The protection of historical wrecks in South African waters TI - The protection of historical wrecks in South African waters UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35380 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/35380
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationPugh LWG. The protection of historical wrecks in South African waters. []. ,Faculty of Law ,Institute of Marine and Environmental Law, 1996 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35380en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentInstitute of Marine and Environmental Law
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Law
dc.subjectShipwrecks
dc.titleThe protection of historical wrecks in South African waters
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelLLM
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