A lawyer's commentary on cultural property law and its impact on cultural property crime, antiquities trafficking, looted archaeology, illicit trade, art theft, heritage preservation, and museum risk management.
A lawyer's commentary on cultural property law and its impact on cultural property crime, antiquities trafficking, looted archaeology, illicit trade, art theft, heritage preservation, and museum risk management.
LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE PRESERVATION FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE The Monuments Men, Social Media, the Law and Cultural Heritage Historical, Political, Social and Cultural Perspectives on the Protection of Cultural…
Today’s Federal Register announces the U.S. Secretary of State’s intention to propose a renewal of the cultural property Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Honduras. The request to extend the five…
Earlier this month the White House announced the creation of the Advisory Council to the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking. It hopes to develop a national strategy for combating…
Restitution and Repatriation: The Return of Cultural Objects is a symposium that will be held at DePaul University in Chicago on November 14, 2013. It will address the underlying legal, ethical…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) detained what it calls “ancient indigenous artifacts” from Peru when Jean Combe Fritz, a Peruvian citizen, arrived at Miami International Airport in August 2010….
The Getty Museum has launched a preemptive legal strike to stop a French citizen from taking a 14th century Diptych from its collection. In a legal complaint filed in federal…