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Repatriating Cultural Property: The Dispute Between Yale And Peru Over The Treasures Of Machu Picchu, Stephanie Swanson
Repatriating Cultural Property: The Dispute Between Yale And Peru Over The Treasures Of Machu Picchu, Stephanie Swanson
San Diego International Law Journal
The repatriation of cultural property is a controversial issue throughout the world, creating a sharp divide between states with a wealth of antiquities, such as Greece or Peru, and states which, lacking such extensive cultural property, have nonetheless built international museums housing the patrimony of other nations. The conflict surrounding the proper ownership of the Elgin marbles, probably the most famous dispute over cultural property, is but one example of many. In recent years, calls for the repatriation of cultural property have become increasingly common, involving world famous museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the J. Paul …
Protecting Against Plunder: The United States And The International Efforts Against Looting Of Antiquities, Asif Efrat
Protecting Against Plunder: The United States And The International Efforts Against Looting Of Antiquities, Asif Efrat
Cornell Law Faculty Working Papers
In 1970 UNESCO adopted a convention intended to stem the flow of looted antiquities from developing countries to collections in art-importing countries. The majority of art-importing countries, including Britain, Germany, and Japan, refused to join the Convention. Contrary to other art-importing countries, and reversing its own traditionally-liberal policy, the United States accepted the international regulation of antiquities and joined the UNESCO Convention. The article seeks to explain why the United States chose to establish controls on antiquities, to the benefit of foreign countries facing archaeological plunder and to the detriment of the US art market. I argue that the concern …
Perspectives On The Organisation And Control Of The Illicit Traffic In Antiquities In South East Asia, Christine Adler, Duncan Chappell, Kenneth Polk
Perspectives On The Organisation And Control Of The Illicit Traffic In Antiquities In South East Asia, Christine Adler, Duncan Chappell, Kenneth Polk
Faculty of Law - Papers (Archive)
We intend addressing three issues in till paper. First we will describe in detail not available elsewhere the patterns that are found in the illicit traffic in antiquities that flow out of Southeast Asia in particular from Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar Thailand and Vietnam. Second, we shall examine the focus of organized crime that have emerged in order to support that traffic. Third, we will propose initiatives that are both focused on the demand end of the market chain (rather than on the supply end), and on tho e approaches than give emphasis to persuasion' rather than punishment and prohibition.