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    Crimes against art : international art and cultural heritage law / Bonnie Czegledi.

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    • Title:Crimes against art : international art and cultural heritage law / Bonnie Czegledi.
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    • Author/Creator:Czegledi, Bonnie.
    • Published/Created:Toronto : Carswell, ©2010.

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    • Description:xviii, 488 p. : ill., forms ; 23 cm.
    • Notes:" ... examines the cultural, historical, and economic impact of art crimes such as theft, forgery, fakes, war looting, and archaeological looting"--Cover page [4].
      Includes bibliographical endnotes and index.
    • ISBN:9780779823161
    • Contents:Chapter 1. What is Cultural Property? A Historical Overview of Its Meaning
      Emergence of the Field of Art Andcultural Heritage Law
      Problem of Theft And Pillage and Attempts at Solutions
      Contemporary Art Heists and Unsolved Mysteries
      1911. Mona Lisa
      1946. O'Keeffe
      1949. Fabiani Affair
      1961. Duke of Wellington
      1960-1961. Art-Nappings in France
      1969. Caravaggio
      1972. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
      1974. Systematic Looting in Cyprus
      1975. Italian Heist
      1978. Sevso Treasure
      1985. Marmatton Museum
      1985. Mexican Museum of Anthropology
      1987. Juan B. Castagnino Museum of Fine Art
      1988. Van Gogh Heists
      1988. Colnaghi Heist
      1988. Lucian Freud Cold Case
      1990. Gardner Heist
      1990. Kuwait
      1991. Netherlands
      1991. First Gulf War
      1990. Stephen Blumberg, the "Bibliokleptomaniac"
      1994. And 2004: The Scream
      1995. Stradivarius
      1999. Picasso on the Yacht
      1999-2000. Ashmolean
      2000. Theft at the Fair
      2000. Swedish Heist
      2000. Switch
      2001. Lightning Strikes Twice
      2002. Van Gogh Cold Case
      2002. Paraguay Museum of Fine Arts
      2003. Cellini Salt Cellar
      2003. Madonna of the Yarnwinder
      2003. Manchester Heist
      2005. Bumbling Thief who Left a Calling Card
      2006. Goya Stolen in Transit
      2006. Rio de Janeiro Heist
      2007. Beatty
      2007. Stolen Cavalier
      2008. Buhrle
      2009. Picasso's Sketchbook
      2009-2010. Art Thefts Rock France
      Conclusion
      Chapter 2. International Treaties, Conventions and Enabling Domestic Laws
      1970 Unesco Convention
      Implementing UNESCO: The US Approach
      Canadian Experience with the US Implementation Process
      Canadian Implementation of UNESCO
      Reforming the Cultural Property Export and Import Act
      1954 Hague Convention
      First Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention
      Second Protocol
      Chapter 3. Criminal Sanctions
      Why Steal Art?
      Best Practice Guidelines: What To Do If You Are Robbed
      BATA Shoe Museum Heist
      Criminal Sanctions in the United States
      National Stolen Property Act (NSPA)
      Archeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA)
      Federal Anti-Smuggling Statute
      State Laws for Recovery of Stolen Property
      Native American Grave Protection Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)
      Cultural Property Implementation Act (CPIA)
      Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
      Importation of Pre-Columbian Monumental or Architectural Sculpture or Murals Act
      Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization Act (RICO Dragnet)
      Criminal Sanctions Under NSPA
      Criminal Sanctions in Canada Under the Cultural Property Export Import Act (CPEIA)
      Canada and Wilful Blindness
      Summary of International Stolen Art Databases
      Jonathan Sazanoff's SAZTV.com: www.saztv.com
      Royal Canadian Mounted Police: Surete du Quebec Art Crime Unit
      London Metropolitan Police Department: The London Stolen Arts Database
      International Council of Museums: ICOM Red List
      INTERPOL Stolen Works of Art
      US State Department
      FBI Art Crime Unit: National Stolen Art File
      Art Loss Register and Trace
      Lost Art Database
      Project for the Documentation of Wartime Cultural Losses
      Holocaust-Era Assets
      Holocaust Assets: US State Department
      Presidential Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States
      Schloss Collection: Non-restituted Works Looted 1943-1998
      Bruno Kreisky Archives Foundation
      Enemy Property: The British Government Claims Scheme
      Central Registry of Information on Looted Cultural Property 1933-1945
      Origins Unknown
      Museum Provenance List Cleveland Museum of Art
      Czech Republic Restitution
      Musees Nationaux Recuperation (MNR)
      Looted Art
      Hungarian National Gallery of Budapest
      Italian Government
      Wartime Losses: Polish Paintings
      UK Museums' Provenance Research
      American Association of Museums Nazi-Era Provenance
      Find Stolen Art
      Italian Carabinieri
      -Culture Police
      IFAR
      -Stolen Art Alert
      Iraqi Cultural Property: United States Sanctions
      Chapter 4. Due Diligence
      Due Diligence Checklist for Purchasers of Art
      Commentary
      Purchasing On the Internet
      Due Diligence: Donations and Loans
      Law Of Gifts
      Loans And The Law Of Bailment
      Art as an Investment
      Chapter 5. Art of War
      Holocaust Era Looted Art
      International Legal Commitments
      London Declaration (1943)
      Bretton Woods Conference (1944)
      Washington Principles (1998)
      Terezin Declaration (2009)
      Restitution and the Adversarial System
      Canadian Perspective: Recommendations for the Future
      Sacking Of Iraq
      War
      -Opportunity for Wholesale Destruction of Cultural Heritage
      Lessons Learned
      Chapter 6. Looting of Archaeological Sites
      Organized Crime Business Model
      Anatomy of Looting Nigeria
      Ethically Collecting Antiquities
      Protecting Underwater Cultural Heritage
      Legal Framework: An International Perspective
      Legal Framework: The American Perspective
      Legal Framework: The Canadian Perspective
      Chapter 7. Fakes and Forgeries
      Types of Fakes and Forgeries
      Methods of Detecting Fakes and Forgeries
      Expert Witness
      Scientific Testing
      Thermoluminescent (TL) Analysis
      Radiocarbon Dating
      Chemical Analysis
      Microscopic Techniques
      Reconstructing Manufacturing Techniques
      Infrared Imaging
      Ultraviolet Imaging
      Conventional X-Ray
      X-Ray Diffraction
      X-Ray Flurescence
      Auto-Radiography
      Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (AAS) and Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)
      Computerized Axial Tomography (CAT scans)
      Obsidian Hydration
      Fission Tracks
      Stable Isotope Analysis
      Dendochronology
      Computer-Based Authentication Methods
      Cases of International Intrigue
      Han van Meegeren (1889-1947)
      Eric Hebborn (1934-1996)
      Elmyr de Hory (1906-1976)
      Tom Keating (1917-1984)
      David Stein (1935-1999)
      John Drewe (1948-) and John Myatt (1945-)
      Ely Sakhai (1952-)
      Greenhalgh Family
      Authenticity Matters
      On Becoming an International Art Lawyer
      Endnotes
      Appendix A. INTERNATIONAL TREATIES, CONVENTIONS, AND AGREEMENTS
      A1. 1970 UNESCO Convention
      A2. Signatories to the 1970 UNESCO Convention
      A3. Hague Convention of 1954
      A4. First Protocol of the Hague Convention
      A5. Second Protocol of the Hague Convention
      A6. Agreement Between the Government Of Canada and the United States Regarding the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Certain Categories of Archaelogical and Ethnological Material, E100789
      -CTS 1997 No. 8
      A7. Emergency Actions and Bilateral Agreements
      A8. UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage (2001)
      Appendix B. LEGISLATION AND RELATED ITEMS
      B1. Canadian Cultural Property Export and Import Act, R.S.C. 1985, C. 51
      B2. US Sentencing Guidelines: Cultural Heritage Resource Crimes, 18 U.S.C. APPX §2B1.5
      B3. Letter from Judge Diana E. Murphy to the Honorable Patrick J. Leahy and the Honorable Orrin G. Hatch (3 April 2002)
      B4. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 1990, Public Law 101-601
      B5. Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act, 19 U.S.C. §§2601-13 (1983)
      B6. Convention on International Trade In Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (Cites)
      B7. American Endangered Species Legislation
      B8. Canadian Endangered Species Legislation
      B9. Foreign Cultural Objects Immunity from Seizure Act, R.S.O. 1990, C. F23
      Appendix C. MUSEUM AND GALLERY POLICIES AND CODES OF ETHICS
      C1. UK Due Diligence Guidelines for Museums, Libraries and Archives on Collecting and Borrowing Cultural Material
      C2. Report of the Aamd Task Force On The Acquisition Of Archaeological Materials And Ancient Art (Revised 2008)
      C3. J. Paul Getty Museum Policy Statement
      C4. American Association of Museums, "Code of Ethics for Museums" (2000)
      C5. Archaeological Institute of America Code of Ethics
      Appendix D. OTHER
      D1. Fabiani Affair
      -Archival Materials
      Annex "B". Pictures EX S.S. "Excalibur"
      Telegram from the French Government
      Art Looting Investigation Report on Fabiani and his Collaborators
      D2. Sample Deeds of Gift
      Sample Deed of Gift (developed by an Art Museum)
      Sample Deed of Gift (developed by a History Museum)
      D3. Sample Loan Agreements
      Agreement for Incoming Loan (developed by an Art Museum)
      Sample Loan Agreement (developed by a History Museum)
      D4. Films About Art and Law.
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