The newest review bashing James Cuno’s argument in Who Owns Antiquity? is intelligent, well-written, maybe even poetic. Through the vehicle [...]

My experience managing and writing on the Cultural Property & Archaeology Law blog has been a wonderful one.  The benefits [...]

The U.S. has finally ratified the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed [...]

In response to the recent CPAL post on the Naue burials lawsuit, several readers have emailed to ask why NAGPRA [...]

Greece is delighted with Italy’s return of a Parthenon sculpture fragment featuring the foot of the goddess Artemis.  It is [...]

A political tool, of course! I found some comments by Hamid Ansari, Vice President of India, timely in light of [...]

In recent weeks, I have found myself questioning my choice to call this “The Cultural Property Law Blog.”  As I [...]

In Kauai, there is a disconnect between the people and the government, specifically the State Historic Preservation Division.   The SHPD [...]

Cultural heritage and arts issues may not turn an election, but for those of us who are passionate about the [...]

As Hurricane Gustav approaches New Orleans three years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the region, the nation waits in apprehension to [...]