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.
The Department of the Navy has proposed new administrative rules covering vessels under the jurisdiction of the Sunken Military Craft Act (SMCA). The SMCA is a federal law adopted ten years ago…
The Untold Story of Cultural Heritage, World War II, and the Pacific A Conference Marking the 70th Anniversaries of the Battles of of the Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal Thursday,…
Edward Rodley, senior Exhibit Director at Boston’s Museum of Science (MoS), has written an article titled “The Ethics of Exhibiting Salvaged Shipwrecks,” published in October’s issue of Curator: The Museum…
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas The US Supreme Court has denied Odyssey Marine Exploration’s application for a stay pending the filing and disposition of a petition for a writ…
A Spanish galleon. The U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has denied Odyssey Marine’s motion to stay a decision ordering the commercial salvor to return coins and objects to Spain. …
A conference on the protection of underwater cultural heritage will take place on November 3, 2011 at the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington, DC. It is titled Keeping…