Research Catalog

Title

Authenticity in the art market : a comparative study of Swiss, French, and English contract law / Carolyn Olsburgh.

Author

Olsburgh, Carolyn.

Publication

Leicester, UK : Institute of Art and Law, 2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

Institute of Art and Law (Great Britain)

Description

xiii, 100 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

This book examines the scope of the seller's duty, within each of the jurisdictions at issue, to inform the buyer of facts relevant to the issue of authenticity, together with the contractual force of any guarantees given by the seller. The author analyses the concept of mistake as it applies in each of the countries under consideration, and examines dol as a vitiating factor in Swiss and French law, and misrepresentation in English law. An account is given of the buyer's remedies, including damages and setting the contract aside, and attention is paid to the problem posed for the mistaken buyer by limitation periods.

Alternative Title

Comparative study of Swiss, French and English contract law

Subject

• Sales > Europe
• Contracts > Europe
• Law and art > Europe
• Art > Forgeries > Europe

Note

• Rev. version of the author's thesis (Master of Law)--University of Cambridge, 2004.
• Includes related legislation, with English translations of Swiss and French laws.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

• In English with a preface in French.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Swiss law -- 3. French law -- 4. English law -- 5. Comparison and evaluation of the solutions -- 6. Conclusion.

ISBN

• 1903987172 (softback)
• 1903987180 (hardback)

OCLC

• 65426164
• SCSB-10069429

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library