The ABA Art & Cultural Heritage Law Committee has published it’s Winter 2012 newsletter, featuring:
- The Treasure Act and Portable Antiquities Scheme in England and Wales by Roger Bland of the British Museum;
- Common Law, Statutory Law, and the Disposition of Archaeological Resources in the U.S. by Patty Gerstenblith of DePaul; and
- Legislation & Persuasion – Treasure Trove in Scotland by Stuart Campbell from National Museums Scotland.
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Is it possible to write more about issues of return of archaeological treasures, and then in the context of the 21ste century? I just published myself a book about it ‘The Return of Cultural and Historical Treasures: The Csae of the Netherlands’ (KIT Publishers, 2012), in which 34 return cases have been analysed, among them returns of archaeological objects. It both has some good news stories and critical remarks.
See http://www.kitpublishers.nl/33693/KIT-Publishers/KIT-Publishers-Catalogus?ItemID=3154&title=The-Return-of-Cultural-and-Historical-Treasures:-the-Case-of-the-Netherlands