Janet Ulph, Ian Smith

The Illicit Trade in Art and Antiquities (eBook, PDF)

International Recovery and Criminal and Civil Liability

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This new text provides practical guidance on the modern law relating to cultural objects which have been stolen, looted or illegally exported. It explains how English criminal law principles, including money laundering measures, apply to those who deal in cultural objects in a domestic or international setting. It discusses the recovery of works of art and antiquities in the English courts where there are competing claims between private individuals, or between individuals and the UK Government or a foreign State. Significantly, this text also provides an exposition of the law where a British law enforcement agency, or a foreign law enforcement agency, is involved in the course of criminal or civil proceedings in an English court. The growth of relevant international instruments, which include not only those devoted to the protection of mankind's cultural heritage but also those concerned with money laundering and serious organised crime, provide a backdrop to this discussion. The UK's ratification of the UNESCO Convention on Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property 1970 in 2002 is considered. The problems posed in attempting to curb trafficking in art and antiquities are explored and the effectiveness of the current law is analysed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781509905454
• Artikelnr.: 44053557

Autorenporträt

Janet Ulph is Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Leicester and the main author of Commercial Fraud: Civil Liability, Human Rights, and Money Laundering (Oxford University Press, 2006).

Inhaltsangabe

1 The Trade in Art and Antiquities Janet Ulph 2 International Initiatives
Janet Ulph 3 Criminal Offences Affecting the Trade in Art and Antiquities
Janet Ulph 4 Recovery Through the Criminal and Civil Courts where Law
Enforcement Agencies are Involved Ian Smith 5 Civil Liability Affecting the
Trade in Art and Antiquities Janet Ulph 6 Private Recovery through the
Civil Courts Ian Smith 7 Conclusions: Identification, Ownership and
Changing Market Norms Janet Ulph Appendix A: Convention on the Means of
Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of
Ownership of Cultural Property 1970 Appendix B: Council Regulation (EC) No
116/2009 of 18 December 2008 on the export of cultural goods Appendix C:
Council Directive 93/7/EEC of 15 March 1993 on the return of cultural
objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State