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The Innocent Buyer Of Art Looted During World War Ii, Michelle I. Tumer
The Innocent Buyer Of Art Looted During World War Ii, Michelle I. Tumer
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
This Note considers the legal issues relating to innocent buyers of looted art. After providing some historical background on the massive displacements of art that took place during World War II, the Note surveys recent developments, including the different types of disputes that have arisen in the past few years. It then provides a legal framework for analyzing one type of dispute, that of the innocent buyer of looted art.
Original owners face difficult evidentiary burdens and other litigation barriers, but law and policy nevertheless favor original owners above innocent buyers. In particular, courts have become increasingly impatient with the …