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Rejecting Renvoi for Movable Cultural Property: The Islamic Republic of Iran v. Denyse Berend

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2007

Derek Fincham
Derek Fincham
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School of Law, University of Aberdeen. Email: derek.fincham@gmail.com; blog on the topic: http://illicit-cultural-property.blogspot.com/index.html
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In Iran v. Berend, the High Court in London had occasion to revisit one of the most enduring problems of private international law and cultural property. Effective regulation of the illicit market in cultural property is extremely difficult, because many measures aimed at stemming the illicit trade actually contribute to the black market. Courts in both England and the United States have shown that they are prepared to use criminal laws to convict persons involved in the illegal trade in antiquities exported in violation of foreign patrimony laws. As a result, much cultural property policy debate in recent years has focused on the extent to which the criminal law can impact the illicit trade. The extent to which national ownership declarations can be used in civil disputes remains less clear.

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CASE NOTE
Information
International Journal of Cultural Property , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , February 2007 , pp. 111 - 120
Copyright
© 2007 International Cultural Property Society

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