Illicit Trade in Art and Antiquities

Janet Ulph is Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Leicester and the main author of Commercial Fraud: Civil Liability, Human Rights, and Money Laundering (Oxford University Press, 2006).Ian Smith is a barrister based in London at 11 Stone Buildings, and co-author of Smith, Owen and Bodnar, Asset Recovery: Criminal Confiscation and Civil Recovery.

• 1 The Trade in Art and Antiquities Janet Ulph2 International Initiatives Janet Ulph3 Criminal Offences Affecting the Trade in Art and Antiquities Janet Ulph4 Recovery Through the Criminal and Civil Courts where Law Enforcement Agencies are Involved Ian Smith5 Civil Liability Affecting the Trade in Art and Antiquities Janet Ulph6 Private Recovery through the Civil Courts Ian Smith7 Conclusions: Identification, Ownership and Changing Market Norms Janet UlphAppendix A: Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property 1970 Appendix B: Council Regulation (EC) No 116/2009 of 18 December 2008 on the export of cultural goods Appendix C: Council Directive 93/7/EEC of 15 March 1993 on the return of cultural objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State

The mishandling of works of art or antiquities raise a host of issues in international, civil and criminal law across different jurisdictions. Janet Ulph and Ian Smith have pulled together the different elements into a neat and extremely useful book. It works very well as a practitioner guide but includes a good academic context for the discussion.