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Author Kowalski, Wojciech, author

Title Art treasures and war : a study on the restitution of looted cultural property, pursuant to public international law / by Wojciech W. Kowalski ; edited by Tim Schadla-Hall
Published Leicester, UK : Institute of Art and Law, 1998
London : Institute of Art and Law, 1998
Crickadarn, Nr Builth Wells, Powys, United Kingdom : Institute of Art and Law, 2014

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Description xiv, 174 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Contents note continued: Resolution on Restitution at Paris Conference on Reparations -- Overview of Subsequent Documents -- Restitution from Germany and Austria -- Shaping of the Restitution Law -- Definition of Restitution -- Public International Law Principle -- Principle of Identification -- Principle of Force and Duress -- Principle of Territoriality -- Formalised Procedure -- Internal Restitution -- 1952 Bonn Convention -- State Treaty with Austria -- Restitution from the Territories of the Former Axis Powers -- Restitution from Neutral Countries -- Restitution from the Territories of the Allied Nations -- Resolution No. 19 of the Chapultepec Conference -- Agreements on Restitution concluded by Poland -- Restitution (Repatriation) Connected with Territorial Changes -- Peace Treaties of 1947 -- Restitution in Kind -- Peace Treaties of 1947 -- Restitution in Kind in Territory of Germany -- Restitution to Germany, Austria and Former Axis Countries --
Contents note continued: ch. IV Conclusions and Further Developments -- APPENDIX -- Annex 1 Regulation concerning confiscation of works of art in German-occupied Poland -- Annex 2 First executive order to Regulation concerning confiscation of works of art in German-occupied Poland -- Annex 3 Inter-Allied Declaration against Acts of Dispossession -- Annex 4 Final Act and Annex of the Paris Conference on Reparations -- Annex 5 Definition of the term ̀€Restitution' -- Annex 6 Instruction on Objects of a Unique Character -- Annex 7 Law No. 52: Blocking and Control of Property, British Zone -- Annex 8 General Order No. 6: Declaration of Looted Property in British Zone -- Annex 9 Law No. 59: Restitution of Identifiable Property, U.S. Zone -- Annex 10 Military Government Regulations, Title 18: Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives, U.S. Zone
Machine generated contents note: ch. I The Concept of Restitution in International Law -- Introduction -- Restitutio in Integrum -- Restitution --- Forms of Implemetation -- Restitution of looted property -- Ius postliminii -- "Properties, rights and interests" -- Restitution by distribution -- Restitution in kind -- ch. II The Restitution of Works of Art and the Development of Restitution as a Rule of Custom in International Law -- Development of the Doctrine and Practice -- Protection of the Integrity of National Cultural Heritage -- Restitution of Works of Art Looted in Time of War -- Restitution (Repatriation) in Connection with Territorial Changes -- The Problem of Restitution in Kind and Cultural Reparations -- ch. III Works of Art and Restitution Law; World War H, its Aftermath and Subsequent Developments -- Recognition of the Problems -- Basic Sources of Law -- Declaration of the United Nations against Acts of Dispossession -- Final Act of Bretton Woods Conference --
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-170) and index
Subject Art thefts -- Europe.
Art thefts.
Art treasures in war.
Cultural property -- Protection (International law)
Cultural property -- Protection -- Law and legislation.
Restitution.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war.
Restitution and indemnification claims (1933- )
World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage.
Author Schadla-Hall, R. T., editor
Institute of Art and Law (Great Britain)
LC no. 2013417987
ISBN 0953169618
9780953169610