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Illicit antiquities and international litigation – the Turkish experience
Treasure hunting on Hilton Head? Town law says to leave those relics alone
Archaeological artifacts not to be disturbed, according to law
Artifact recoveries on Civil War shipwreck in time for anniversary
Antiquities Dealer Gets Home Detention, Fines for Illegally Dealing in Indian Artifacts
New Alabama law could mean finders-keepers for historic artifacts found
underwaterDavis, Tess, 2011. Supply and demand: exposing the illicit trade in Cambodian antiquities through a study of Sotheby’s auction house, Crime, Law and Social Change, Volume 56, Number 2. pp. 155-174
Extension of Import Restrictions on Antiquities From Colombia
The Trade and Environment Database: Native American Artifact Case Study
Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1992-1996.
Kate Fitz Gibbon, 2005. Who Owns the Past?: Cultural Policy, Cultural Property, and the Law, Rutgers University Press
The U.S. Legal Response to the Protection of the World Cultural Heritage
Couvalis, George and Helen Macdonald, 1996. Cultural Heritage, Property, and the Position of Australian Aboriginals, Law in Context Vol. 14, No. 2 Chanock, M. and Simpson, C. (eds.), La Trobe University Press, pp. 141-161
Leiboff, Marett, 1996. Treasure, objects and items: the legal protection of the archaeological heritage in England, Law in Context, Vol. 14, No. 2. Chanock, M. and Simpson, C. (eds.), La Trobe University Press, pp. 91-114
Illegal Trafficking in Native American Human Remains and Cultural Items
International Antiquities Trafficking: Theft by Another Name
INTERPOL’s Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Stolen Works of Art
Procedures for Cultural Property Advisory Committee Sessions Open to the Public
U.S. deposits its instrument of ratification of the 1954 Hague Convention
U.S. State Dept. adds coins to bilateral agreement extension
UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects
Kaufman, Roy S. (ed), 2003. Art Law Handbook, Aspen Law and Business
Simpson, Cheryl, 1996. Cultural Heritage on the Move: Significance and Meaning, Law in Context, Vol. 14, No. 2, Chanock, M. and Simpson, C. (eds.), La Trobe University Press, pp. 45-67
N.S. Price et al., 1996. Historical and Philosophical Issues in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage, Getty Conservation Institute
John Henry Merryman, 2006. Imperialism, Art, and Restitution, Cambridge University Press
Mackenzie, S.R.M. , 2005. Law, Regulation, and the Illicit Antiquities Market, The British Journal of Criminology, Vol. 45, pp. 249-268
Features-Legal Protection of Cultural Property: A Selective Resource Guide
Law Issues in Art Theft. Australian Institute of Criminology. Art Crime Conference: Sydney.
The Law of the Sea Treaty and Underwater Cultural Resources [via JSTOR]
International Law for the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage: Can Our Past be Salvaged?
Legislation on the Nautical and Underwater Archaeological Inheritance in Portugal (in French)
LOST AT SEA: A treatise on the management and ownership of shipwrecks and shipwreck artifacts
The Antiquities Act: Regulating Salvage of Historic Shipwrecks
Boesten, E., 2001. Archaeological and/or Historic Valuable Shipwrecks in International Wares: Public International Law and What it Offers. The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press.
Street, T., 2006. Underwater Cultural Heritage Policies of the United States Coastal Zone
Coin Find Laws [Articles on Coin Find Laws in various countries, 1998-present]
U.S. State Dept. adds coins to bilateral agreement extension
Fielder, W., 1993. Art Robbery and the Protection of Cultural Property in Public International Law, in T. Hackens and G. Moucharte (eds.), Proceedings of the XIth International Numismatic Congress, Brussels, Septmember 8th-13th, 1991 (Louvain-la-Neuve, 1993)
