The Potential of the US Courts to Adjudicate Restitution Claims Involving Colonial Cultural Objects
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RIS BIB ENDNOTEThe Potential of the US Courts to Adjudicate Restitution Claims Involving Colonial Cultural Objects
Data publikacji: 12.2022
Santander Art and Culture Law Review, 2022, 2/2022 (8), s. 231 - 262
https://doi.org/10.4467/2450050XSNR.22.018.17031Autorzy
The Potential of the US Courts to Adjudicate Restitution Claims Involving Colonial Cultural Objects
Restitution claims involving colonial cultural objects are usually said to lack a sound legal basis. These claims are instead perceived more often than not as belonging solely in the realm of ethics. This article, however, calls that perception into question. It argues for the existence of a more complex picture. It does so by bringing to the forefront the potential of the US courts to adjudicate restitution claims concerning colonial cultural objects. By analysing the largely unexplored 1900 exception of the Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act (2016), amending the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act’s (1976) expropriation exception, this article posits that the exception might hold the key for offering an alternative road in accessing justice. Being applicable to takings of a systematic nature against members of a targeted and vulnerable group which have taken place after 1900, this provision might provide legal recourse for those colonial takings which have occurred after the dawn of the 20th century.
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Informacje: Santander Art and Culture Law Review, 2022, 2/2022 (8), s. 231 - 262
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The Potential of the US Courts to Adjudicate Restitution Claims Involving Colonial Cultural Objects
The Potential of the US Courts to Adjudicate Restitution Claims Involving Colonial Cultural Objects
School of Law, University of Glasgow, 10 Professors’ Square, Glasgow G11 6PB, United Kingdom
Publikacja: 12.2022
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