Edited by Barbara T. Hoffman

This volume is an effort by the Committee on Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law of the International Bar Association (IBA) to provide a resource that would assist legal practitioners, professionals working in institutions charged with art and culture heritage preservation, and archaeology, architecture and art history scholars to analyze and confront the many issues raised by the exploitation of art and cultural heritage.

Edited by John Henry Merryman

The issue of returning art and cultural property removed from explored or conquered lands by Americans and Europeans is an unresolved problem. This book is about the return, or not, of works of art taken during the Age of Imperialism and now held in museums and private collections. Arguments put forth by the states seeking return or restitution for lost art treasures and meaningful cultural icons are pitted against conservator interests who maintain that these art treasures and cultural artifacts belong to all humanity and should be preserved in museums.

Roger O'Keefe

Charting in detail the evolution of the international rules on the protection of historic and artistic sites and objects from destruction and plunder in war, this book analyses in depth their many often-overlapping provisions. It serves as a comprehensive and balanced guide to a subject of increasing public profile, which will be of interest to academics, students and practitioners of international law and to all those concerned with preserving the cultural heritage.

Ana Filipa Vrdoljak

Although it is one which has inspired fierce debate in the recent past, the question of the return of cultural objects is not a new one. This important book explores the removal and the return of cultural objects from occupied communities from the nineteenth century to the twentieth century and explores the concurrent evolution of international cultural heritage law. Examining the responses of governments and of museums to the question of restitution, this book is essential reading for archaeologists, international lawyers and all those involved in cultural resource management.