Culture is one thing and varnish is another -- Regime conflict as goal conflict -- Regime conflict as institutional conflict and power struggle -- Regime conflict as conflict among legal rules -- The (ir)relevance of international law for conflict management -- From legal unity to communicative compatibility -- Conflict management through legal interpretation -- Conflict management through priority rules
Summary
Conflict can occur when a body of law regulating one aspect of international activity does not correspond with the rules of another. This book uses trade in cultural products to illustrate that, rather than being a question of accidental overlap, such conflicts stem from different regimes having fundamentally different goals