Law, Ethics And The Visual Arts

Law, Ethics And The Visual Arts

Since its first edition in 1979, Law, Ethics and the Visual Arts established itself as the leading art law text among law professors, students, and practitioners. This new and newly illustrated, fifth edition, revised in collaboration with Stephen K. Urice, incorporates recent changes in treaty, statutory, and case law. It includes discussion of recent developments from the resurgence of iconoclasm to military conflicts' depredations on cultural property. As in earlier editions, the authors present legal issues in their historical contexts.The broad range of topics addressed in the 5th edition, makes the text especially adaptable for use in multiple classroom settings. These topics include:U.S. museums' return of works of art and antiquities to claimants such as Holocaust survivors and foreign nationsArtist's rights such as copyright and moral rightsInternational movement of art and antiquitiesFakes and forgeries in the art marketThe inner workings of art auctionsPlundering and destruction of works of art in times of war and military conflictCensorship of obscene or politically challenging works of artAnd many moreIn this edition, documents previously presented in a separate documentary appendix have been integrated into the text to provide immediate access to important treaties and other materials.Whether you need to unde