TY - JOUR KW - Community involvement KW - Cultural heritage law KW - Global administrative law KW - Intangible cultural heritage KW - UNESCO convention AU - F.E. Grisostolo AB - The paper describes the evolution of the intangible cultural heritage safeguarding in the European area. Firstly, it analyzes the fundamental features of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of 2003, with particular attention to its fundamental principles and the obligations assumed by the States with regard to its implementation. Then, it outlines the evolution of the legislation on the ICH in the Spanish and French cases, with the description of content and scope of the changes adopted in the more recent years. Finally, it considers the Italian legislation and its future perspectives from a critical point of view. M1 - 3 N1 - Publisher: Societa Editrice Il Mulino N2 - The paper describes the evolution of the intangible cultural heritage safeguarding in the European area. Firstly, it analyzes the fundamental features of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of 2003, with particular attention to its fundamental principles and the obligations assumed by the States with regard to its implementation. Then, it outlines the evolution of the legislation on the ICH in the Spanish and French cases, with the description of content and scope of the changes adopted in the more recent years. Finally, it considers the Italian legislation and its future perspectives from a critical point of view. SP - 723 EP - 754 TI - Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage. Recent trends in the European Area UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85055856122&partnerID=40&md5=723129cd4198631aa366ac989a95e78e VL - 20 SN - 17204313 (ISSN) ER -