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State Immunity and Cultural Objects on Loan
Author(s): Nout van Woudenberg (Author)
- Publisher: Brill | Nijhoff
- Publication Date: March 23, 2012
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 508 pages
- ISBN-10: 9004217045
- ISBN-13: 9789004217041
Book Description
Cultural objects have been on the move for a long time. Yet there has been no comprehensive survey to date of the current state of affairs with regard to immunity from seizure of foreign cultural objects belonging to foreign States that are on loan for temporary exhibition. This study fills that gap by examining whether there is any rule of (customary) international law stipulating that such cultural objects are immune from seizure, or whether such a rule is emerging. It also examines relevant State practice and the reasons behind it. This volume thus provides greater clarity and legal certainty in the field of lending cultural State property and should be of use both to States and to cultural institutions.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Overall, Nout van Woudenberg achieves his goal of writing a book that will be a valuable resource for both national governments and cultural institutions. This is an excellent and highly commendable book, which provides more clarity and legal certainty in the field of lending cultural state property. It is not an exaggeration to describe this volume as one of the best contributions to cultural heritage law in the last decade.”
Vittorio Mainetti, Adjoint scientifique, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy 9 (2014) 211-219.
Vittorio Mainetti, Adjoint scientifique, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy 9 (2014) 211-219.
“…Van Woudenberg’s text is…a helpful encyclopedia of international legislation and jurisprudence on this evolving subject, and will be a worthwhile addition to the libraries of governmental agencies, cultural institutions, attorneys, and other stake-holders in the international art market.”
Lawrence M. Kaye and Howard N. Spiegler,
About the Author
Nout van Woudenberg expert on the international protection of cultural property, is external researcher at the University of Amsterdam and Legal Counsel at the International Law Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
