Overview

Cultural objects have been on the move for a long time. Yet there has been no comprehensive survey to date of the current state of affairs with regard to immunity from seizure of foreign cultural objects belonging to foreign States that are on loan for temporary exhibition. This study fills that gap by examining whether there is any rule of (customary) international law stipulating that such cultural objects are immune from seizure, or whether such a rule is emerging. It also examines relevant State practice and the reasons behind it. This volume thus provides greater clarity and legal certainty in the field of lending cultural State property and should be of use both to States and to cultural institutions.

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...Van Woudenberg's text is...a helpful encyclopedia of international legislation and jurisprudence on this evolving subject, and will be a worthwhile addition to the libraries of governmental agencies, cultural institutions, attorneys, and other stake-holders in the international art market. -Lawrence M. Kaye and Howard N. Spiegler, International Journal of Cultural Property

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Nout van Woudenberg expert on the international protection of cultural property, is external researcher at the University of Amsterdam and Legal Counsel at the International Law Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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