Own/Law of Arts/Antiquities
- Class number: 22246
- Term: Spring 2010
- Instructor: Betsy Alison Golden
This course will explore the body of law that has developed around cultural property. Our focus will be on the recognition and reconciliation of competing ownership interests in cultural and artistic items. When disputes arise as to the ownership of a cultural object, or when an object is moved, sold or even threatened, the resolution process is usually both contentious and emotional. Many questions are raised: What makes an object special, or comparatively more special than another? Is there a single right answer to the question of where a given object belongs? What interests are to be served in the legal administration of cultural property? How do we evaluate duties to protect and restitute these items? What laws, market forces and institutional policies can be brought to bear on these issues? The course will cover an appropriately diverse range of subjects in looking for answers to these questions, including ownership theory; the link between object and identity; Native and tribal cultural property issues; the obligation to protect cultural property in time of war, past and present; Nazi art looting and the restitution of Holocaust-era stolen artwork; international legal efforts to regulate the antiquities market; balancing the rights of theft victims and good faith purchasers; museum governance and accountability; and intellectual property and technology in the modern cultural institution. A substantial research paper will be required.
Course Schedule
- Date: Monday 6:30-9:15PM
- Location: KT 201
Course Information
- Catalog number-Section number: 7665-10
- Course Type: Seminar
- Prerequisites: None
- Credits (min/max): 3/3
- Subjects:
Enrollment
- Enrollment status: Closed
- Current enrollment/capacity: 18/18
- Reserve population/capacity: 0/0
- Waitlist enrollment/capacity: 5/50
Grading
- Grade basis: Graded
- Satisifies Writing Requirement: No
- Exam type: NO EXAM
