Cultural Property: A Practitioner's Guide to the Law

Cultural Property law began to develop as a separate discipline in the middle of the 20th Century and is now a site of increasing activity both in the UK and internationally. Protecting and regulating the disposition of culturally significant material, such as ancient and historic artefacts, historic real property, intangible cultural property, and artwork, cultural property law encompasses a range of legal disciplines including property law, international law, mediation, arbitration, litigation, criminal law, and intellectual property law.

This book provides a concise and practical account of this complex, topical and often controversial area of law.

International in its scope, this new title covers:

• Issues inherent to the trade (referencing key commercial and cultural/social implications, ie intersectional approaches including, human rights) and modern-day influences, such as Brexit and COVID-19
• International initiatives and Codes of Conduct and the tightening of international legal frameworks
• Risk and compliance issues such as avoiding criminal liability and relevant ethical and public policy issues
• Restitution and recovery providing guidance on best practice in recovering art and cultural property in both the criminal and the civil courts
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Enforcement including associated jurisdictional issues