Răzvan Ghișa
în vol. România după Marele Război. Reconstrucții politice, instituționale și culturale, coord. Maria Tătar-Dan, Corina Teodor, Nicolae Enciu, Cluj-Napoca, Editura Mega, 2025, ISBN: 978-630-372-013-5, pp. 329-340.

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Legislative Initiatives Regarding Archaeological Research and Heritage Protection during the Interwar Period

In the aftermath of the First World War, the first laws applicable across all newly incorporated provinces into the Kingdom of Romania following the Great Union were enacted. This policy of harmonising the legislative framework is consistently observable throughout the interwar period and across all spheres of activity, with cultural heritage and archaeological research being no exception. The first such reform was introduced in 1919 through a decree-law issued by King Ferdinand. During the following decade, as a result of the establishment of the Accademia di Romania in Rome and the training of a new generation of archaeologists in Western Europe, several more comprehensive legislative projects were drafted. These initiatives, however, ultimately failed to be enacted into law during the brief existence of Greater Romania. This study is based on the premise that, despite all efforts, the legislation to be analysed was insufficient to protect cultural heritage.

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