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A Theorization On Equity: Tracing Causal Responsibility For Missing Iraqi Antiquities And Piercing Official Immunity, Robert Bejesky Jul 2015

A Theorization On Equity: Tracing Causal Responsibility For Missing Iraqi Antiquities And Piercing Official Immunity, Robert Bejesky

Pace International Law Review

Three weeks after the U.S.-led attack on Iraq, looters descended on the artifacts in the Iraq National Museum. Over ten thousand pieces were assumed destroyed or stolen, and the Coalition Provisional Authority estimated the losses at $12 billion. The gravity of the privation led the Security Council to include language in Resolution 1483 to restrict countries from trading in Iraq’s pillaged antiquities, and the U.S. Congress passed the Emergency Protection of Iraqi Cultural Antiquities Act of 2004 to enforce the measures. Several thousand pieces were recovered, but thousands remain missing. In March 2013, Hussein ash-Shamri, the head of the Iraqi …


Review Of "Law, Ethics And The Visual Arts" By J.H. Merryman And A. Elsen And "Art Law: Rights And Liabilities Of Creators And Collectors" By F. Feldman, S. Weil, And S. Duke-Biederman, James J. Fishman Jan 1988

Review Of "Law, Ethics And The Visual Arts" By J.H. Merryman And A. Elsen And "Art Law: Rights And Liabilities Of Creators And Collectors" By F. Feldman, S. Weil, And S. Duke-Biederman, James J. Fishman

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Review Of "The Desk Book Of Art Law" And "Law, Ethics, And The Visual Arts: Cases And Materials", James J. Fishman Jan 1978

Review Of "The Desk Book Of Art Law" And "Law, Ethics, And The Visual Arts: Cases And Materials", James J. Fishman

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The Emergence Of Art Law, James J. Fishman Jan 1977

The Emergence Of Art Law, James J. Fishman

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

It is the purpose of this Article to examine the practical and legal origins of the field of art law, and to highlight principal legal questions which are of significant concern to the visual artist.


Protecting America's Cultural And Historical Patrimony, James J. Fishman Jan 1976

Protecting America's Cultural And Historical Patrimony, James J. Fishman

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

This Article suggests the procedures which the authors believe would effectively regulate the legal export of art works and be consistent with other foreign trade policies, while not unduly restricting free trade nor discouraging cultural exchange.