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Title

International sales of works of art : Geneva Workshop, 11-13 April 1985 = La Vente internationale d'oeuvres d'art : Colloque de Genève, 11-13 avril 1985 / general editor, Pierre Lalive.

Publication

[Geneva?] : Institute of International Business Law and Practice, International Chamber of Commerce : Faculté de droit de Genève, Departement de droit international privé, [1988]

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Additional Authors

• Lalive, Pierre
• Institute of International Business Law and Practice
• Faculté de droit de Genève. Département de droit international privé
• Faculté de droit de Genève

Description

703 p.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

ICC publication ; no. 436

Uniform Title

Publication (International Chamber of Commerce) no. 436.

Alternative Title

• Vente internationale d'oeuvres d'art
• Vente internationale d'œuvres d'art

Subject

• Law and art > Congresses
• Artists > Legal status, laws, etc. > Congresses
• Cultural property > Law and legislation > Congresses
• Law and art
• Art dealers

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings

Note

• "Reports presented by leading practitioners of the art trade and by eminent specialists in law, assembled for the first time in order to exchange their views, during the first international Symposium in Geneva, in April 1985"--Foreword.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. [679]-681.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction / Pierre Lalive -- 2. International trade in art and the law / Jean Chatelain -- 3. Points of view / a. Gunter Abels, b. Francois Daulte, c. Philip C. Jessup, Jr., d. Henri Mercillon -- I. ART TRADE AND COMPARATIVE PRIVATE LAW -- 4. Some aspects of the law as it affects dealers in England / Richard Crewdson -- 5. Summary : legal problems related to the conclusion and performance of the sale of works of art in Greek law / Jean Deliyannis -- 6. Summary : seller's liability in trade in art in Swiss civil law and comparative law / Bernard Dutoit -- 7. Summary : the transfer of ownership of works of art in Swiss law / Paul-Henri Steinauer -- 8. Summary : legal aspects of trade in art in Italy / Francesco Galgano -- 9. Summary : French domestic law on the sale of works of art and collectors' items / Jacques Ghestin -- 10. Summary : legal aspects of international trade in art in Republic of Germany / Hans Hanisch -- 11. Summary : current legal questions involved in trade in fine art in the Federal Republic of Germany / Folger Heinbuch -- 12. Fakes, forgeries and expert opinion / H. Karlen -- 13. Sotheby's : anatomy of an auction house / A. Och -- 14. Contestation of auction sales under art. 230 CO / Thomas Ruoss -- II. ART TRADE AND PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW -- 15. Transnational trade in works of art : the position in English private international law / Peter B. Carter -- 16. Summary : international art trade in Spanish law / Julio Gonzalez-Campos and Miguel Virgos-Soriano -- 17. Summary : art trade and Swiss private international law / Francois Knoepfler -- 18. Summary : trade in art and French private international law / Paul Lagarde -- 19. Trade in art and conflict of laws : the position of Italy / Riccardo Luzzatto -- 20. American law and the international trade in art / John Henry Merryman -- 21. Art trade and private international law : an Australian perspective / Patrick J. O'Keefe -- 22. Foreign laws regulating the export of cultural property : the respect due to them by the judge of the Lex Fori / Otto Sandrock -- 23. Summary : who is the rightful owner of a stolen work of art? a source of conflict in international trade / Quentin Byrne-Sutton -- 24. The recovery of stolen art objects from bona fide purchasers / Alejandro M. Garro -- III. DRAFTS OF INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS : NON-GOVERNMENTAL RESPONSES -- 25. Summary : international trade in art, between free trade and the protection of cultural property / Christian D. Dicke -- 26. Summary : the international protection of cultural property and works of art seen from the point of view of a private international law convention / Georges A.L. Droz -- 27. The United Nations convention on contracts for the international sale of goods / Lars Hjerner -- 28. Museums : international and national self-regulation / Geoffrey Lewis -- 29. Summary : Unidroit's contribution to the international protection of cultural property / Riccardo Monaco -- 30. Summary : the European Convention on offences relating to cultural property / Muller-Rappard -- 31. Summary : art trade and the common market / Pierre Pescatore -- 32. Summary : international trade in art and some recent international conventions / Pierre Mercier -- 33. Questions and general discussion -- 34. Round table -- 35. Synthesis / Jean Chatelain -- 36. Closing comments / Pierre Lalive -- ANNEXES -- 37. UNESCO : paper submitted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization -- 38. Code of practice of UK fine art and antiques trade members.

ISBN

9284210518

OCLC

• 18926238
• SCSB-10215778

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library