International Art and Heritage Law database provides a survey of current national legislation for the protection of cultural heritage in the member states of the European Union and their participation in international (UNESCO and UNIDROIT) and regional (EU and Council of Europe) instruments in the field. It provides links to the full texts of treaties, constitutional provisions and laws covering movable and immovable, tangible and intangible cultural heritage and language.
Art Law: Recent Developments in Art Litigation and Art Finance
Chasing Aphrodite - "the hunt for looted antiquities in the world's museums"
Art, Artifact, Architecture and Museum Law
Art, Artifact, Architecture & Museum Law provides expert examination of the policies and laws concerning the visual arts-the first work of its kind to link procedure, substance, and evidence and to present an integrated analysis of the social, policy, economic, and cultural issues so crucial to arts transactions and litigation. This e-treatise is available on Westlaw e-Treatises (Westlaw login and password required)
Cultural Property : A Legal Research Guide
Rebecca Lutkenhaus
K3791 .L88 2012 Balcony
This guide contains information on primary law, secondary resources and non-legal resources relating to cultural property, using a timeline approach to also show the development of this area of law. It includes listings of international conventions with annotations summarizing the impact of the conventions and whether these conventions are binding and upon whom. Also contains information on non-governmental organizations concerned with cultural property and ethical codes that relate to the topic, many of which focus on theft, looting and provenance.
Legal Protection of Cultural Property: A Selective Resource Guide
This online research guide features important sources of information, both print and electronic, concerning the protection of cultural property in wartime, international trade in cultural property, and the laws applicable to the illicit traffic of art and antiquities.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Council of Europe Culture, Heritage and Diversity
European Union Creative Europe from the European Commission Directorate-General for Education and Culture
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Alternative Dispute Resolution for Art and Cultural Heritage - provides dispute resolution advice and case administration services to help parties resolve disputes arising in the area of art and cultural heritage
Documentation Project - Project for the Documentation of Wartime Cultural Losses
Holocaust-Era Assets - U.S. National Archives collections
Nazi-Era Provenance Internet Portal - by American Association of Museums
Art Loss Register - private database of lost and stolen art (includes case studies)
INTERPOL Works of Art - lists stolen and recovered works
ArThemis - case notes about art and cultural property disputes
Hein Online Subject Compilations - browse subject list
International Code of Ethics for Dealers in Cultural Property - UNESCO