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Law, Ethics, and the Visual Arts

Law, Ethics, and the Visual Arts

Law, Ethics, and the Visual Arts

6th Edition
John Henry Merryman, Stanford Law School
Stephen K. Urice, University of Miami School of Law
Simon J. Frankel, Superior Court of California and Stanford Law School
April 2025
Paperback
9781107651746
£74.99
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Paperback
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    Since its first publication in 1979, Law, Ethics and the Visual Arts has become a foundational text in the field of art law. This thoroughly reorganized and updated sixth edition takes a fresh look at primary materials and commentary from previous editions and extends the book's analysis with significant changes in format and content to reflect changes in the field. The book provides students and scholars with an accessible set of materials that describe and explain the most important legal and ethical issues confronting artists, collectors, and dealers in today's complex, international art markets. Chapters cover key international treaties, federal and state statutes, judicial opinions, and excerpts from scholarly and other media publications at the intersections of art and law.

    • Provides a comprehensive set of teaching materials for courses on the intersection of law and ethics with the visual arts
    • Highlights key international treaties and statutes, judicial decisions, and excerpts from scholarly and other publications on visual arts
    • Reorganizes and updates primary materials and commentary from fifth edition of Law, Ethics and the Visual Arts

    Product details

    April 2025
    Paperback
    9781107651746
    600 pages
    253 × 177 mm
    0.25kg
    Not yet published - available from April 2025

    Table of Contents

    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The Artist and the Art Market
    • 3. Artists' Rights in the Works They Create
    • 4. The Art Collector and the Art Market
    • 5. Title and Authenticity
    • 6. Taxes, Death, and Divorce – and Art
    • 7. Art and Armed Conflict
    • 8. Antiquities and the Trade in Cultural Property
    • 9. Museums
    • 10. Art, Freedom of Expression, and the Government.