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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464751903321

Autore

Wantuch-Thole Mara

Titolo

Cultural property in cross-border litigation : turning rights into claims / / Mara Wantuch-Thole

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : , : De Gruyter, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

3-11-038660-7

3-11-035577-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (420 p.)

Collana

Schriften zum Kulturgüterschutz / Cultural property studies

Disciplina

344.094

Soggetti

Cultural property - Protection - Law and legislation

Cultural property - Protection (International law)

Conflict of laws - Civil procedure

Judgments, Foreign

Jurisdiction

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Sovereign Rights to Movable Cultural Objects -- Chapter 3. Title to Cultural Objects under the Private Law of Finds -- Chapter 4. International Law with Regard to the Recovery of Cultural Objects -- Chapter 5. Choice of Law Methodology in International Cultural Property Cases -- Chapter 6. Cross-Border Enforcement and Justiciability in a Comparative Perspective -- Summary -- Bibliography -- Annex

Sommario/riassunto

This thesis comparatively investigates into the cross-border enforcement of claims to misappropriated cultural objects initiated by states. It identifies and categorises sovereign rights in cultural property, and discusses the legal mechanisms to successfully implement these rights in foreign courts. The results may be used by government officials, museum officials, lawyers, art historians, archaeologists, art dealers, academics.