This special issue entitled “Alternative Dispute Resolution in Cultural Property Disputes: Merging Theory and Practice” was triggered by the growing gap in literature between practical-empirical and theoretical-academic approaches to this matter. It aims to close this gap by combining articles from practitioners and academics in the field, offering a new, interdisciplinary insight into this topical and critical subject. Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods (such as arbitration, mediation, negotiation, and conciliation) are being used more and more in recent years to resolve a wide range of disputes, including international, commercial, and family disputes as well as many others. Within the fields of cultural heritage studies and cultural heritage management, disputes over the ownership of cultural objects and subsequent claims for their return are emerging even more often.1 However, contrary to the other types of disputes, certain aspects of the application of ADR methods to the resolution of cultural property disputes have not been explored in much depth, with current discussions usually focusing on the potential benefits of such methods and the related legal and procedural matters. All these at a time when

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社论：文化财产纠纷中的替代性纠纷解决方案：理论与实践相结合

这期题为“文化财产纠纷中的替代性纠纷解决：理论与实践相结合”的特刊是由于实践经验方法和理论学术方法之间的文献差距越来越大而引发的。它旨在通过结合该领域从业者和学者的文章来缩小这一差距，为这一热门话题和批判性主题提供新的、跨学科的见解。近年来，越来越多地使用替代性争议解决 (ADR) 方法（例如仲裁、调解、谈判和调解）来解决广泛的争议，包括国际、商业和家庭争议以及许多其他争议。在文化遗产研究和文化遗产管理领域，关于文物所有权的纠纷以及随后的归还索赔的发生更为频繁。 1 然而，与其他类型的纠纷相反，ADR 方法在解决文化财产纠纷方面的应用的某些方面尚未在非常深入，当前的讨论通常集中在此类方法的潜在好处以及相关的法律和程序问题上。所有这些同时