Centuries ago, it was a widespread practice to travel the world and return with souvenirs from ancient civilizations. As time advanced, national patrimony laws and export restrictions prohibited this practice; but the art market for antiquities continued to grow. The great value proscribed to these objects of cultural heritage created an opportunity for years of illicit looting, smuggling, and sales. Finally, an international solution was deemed necessary, culminating in the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. But what of the works that had been stolen prior to 1970; is there any hope of the return of ancient artwork now that it has long...
Cultural property and its stewardship have long been concerns of museums, archaeologists, art histor...
This work critically analyses the state of legal regulation of the art and antiquities trade and see...
The foundation of cultural property laws was laid at the Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultu...
Centuries ago, it was a widespread practice to travel the world and return with souvenirs from ancie...
Should cultural property taken by a stronger power or nation remain with that country or should it b...
This Comment explores the various legal methods designed to protect cultural property and to prevent...
As the current trend of returning looted artifacts to their countries of origin continues to grow, t...
The international trade in stolen antiques and artifacts is examined with a focus on restricting suc...
Who owns the relics of cultures past? Worldwide trade in stolen art and antiquities is estimated to ...
In 1970 UNESCO adopted a convention intended to stem the flow of looted antiquities from developing ...
Forty years have passed since the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing ...
Artifact-rich countries have recently begun to campaign more vigorously for the return of their cult...
The author argues that it is necessary to use international law to prevent the illicit transfer of t...
This article addresses the problems of retrieving stolen cultural property in a practical manner. In...
The 1995 UNIDROIT Convention is one of the only international cultural heritage conventions that hav...
Cultural property and its stewardship have long been concerns of museums, archaeologists, art histor...
This work critically analyses the state of legal regulation of the art and antiquities trade and see...
The foundation of cultural property laws was laid at the Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultu...
Centuries ago, it was a widespread practice to travel the world and return with souvenirs from ancie...
Should cultural property taken by a stronger power or nation remain with that country or should it b...
This Comment explores the various legal methods designed to protect cultural property and to prevent...
As the current trend of returning looted artifacts to their countries of origin continues to grow, t...
The international trade in stolen antiques and artifacts is examined with a focus on restricting suc...
Who owns the relics of cultures past? Worldwide trade in stolen art and antiquities is estimated to ...
In 1970 UNESCO adopted a convention intended to stem the flow of looted antiquities from developing ...
Forty years have passed since the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing ...
Artifact-rich countries have recently begun to campaign more vigorously for the return of their cult...
The author argues that it is necessary to use international law to prevent the illicit transfer of t...
This article addresses the problems of retrieving stolen cultural property in a practical manner. In...
The 1995 UNIDROIT Convention is one of the only international cultural heritage conventions that hav...
Cultural property and its stewardship have long been concerns of museums, archaeologists, art histor...
This work critically analyses the state of legal regulation of the art and antiquities trade and see...
The foundation of cultural property laws was laid at the Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultu...