Bücher von Michael Anton

Dem Autor geht es darum, allen Interessierten nicht nur den Blick zu schärfen für die Komplexität des Unterrichtens dieses faszinierenden Fachs, sondern auch Wege aufzuzeigen um sie zu beherrschen und dabei möglichst viele der heute verfügbaren Erkenntnisse aus sehr unterschiedlichen Bereichen kritisch-konstruktiv wirksam werden zu lassen. Darin liegt der Kern einer effizienten Professionalitätsentwicklung. Als Profi ist man verpflichtet, stets danach zu trachten, dass der Unterricht sowohl für die Schüler und Schülerinnen als auch für das Fach per se stetig besser wird; denn ¿Können verpflichtet!¿

Volume 3 does particular justice to the international aspect of cultural goods protection and art restitution law. Firstly, the civil law claims system, possible means of defense against unjust art restitution claims and counterclaims of parties legally obliged to restitution are addressed. The second core issue of this work involves international cultural goods civil procedural law and the question of which formal and procedural particularities exist in regard to art restitution law suits. The examination also focuses on international cultural goods private law and the question significant to daily practice, namely: which national civil law system applies in the event of art restitution procedures? Due to the severe criticism of the universally valid lex rei sitae, this work concludes with explanations of possible reform efforts and particularly examines the notion of a violation of public policy doctrine (ordre public) based on the illicit trafficking of cultural goods, alternative associated rules (such as lex origins), an extra-territorial consideration of foreign cultural goods and monument protection acts as well as basic approaches to the standardization of substantive private law in the international trafficking of cultural goods.

Volume 2 of this handbook comments on the protection of cultural goods from the civil law perspective and examines the ways and means of restitution for cultural goods obtained illegally. The legal acts of acquisition and adverse possession of illicitly transferred artwork as well as the statutory period of limitation and the forfeiture of cultural restitution claims are commented upon from a comparative law point of view. The reader is provided with comprehensive checklists to determine the legally required standards for the acquisition of artwork and cultural goods. A comprehensive presentation of possible sources of documentation for provenance research provides assistance to those in daily practice. In conclusion, the reader is informed in-depth of the legal risks involved in careless behavior on the (inter) national art market. Possible restitution obligations, economic losses and claims for damage in regard to the trade of tainted objects as well as criminal sanctions, penalty charges and internal association sanctions are explained in detail.