One Week Summer Course in Cultural Property Law

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Registration is now open for Cultural Property Law, part of Plymouth State University's summer program. This intensive course will take place from July 15 through 20. The class includes a field trip to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Plymouth State University in Concord, NH.

This course examines the international, national, and state legal frameworks for the protection and movement of cultural property. Archaeological site looting, transnational antiquities trafficking, and armed conflicts threaten global cultural heritage. The international and American governments' responses to such threats have resulted in the development of major treaties as well as the enforcement of criminal laws and customs regulations. It is taught by Rick St. Hilaire.

Topics for discussion include the 1954 Hague Convention, the 1970 UNESCO Convention, the ICOM Code of Ethics, the National Stolen Property Act, and the Cultural Property Implementation Act. The course also introduces students to important national heritage laws such as the Archaeological Resources Protection Act and the rules governing shipwrecks. State statutes and the common law regulating cultural property are also reviewed.

The class meets in Concord, New Hampshire just north of Boston, Massachusetts.

Register beginning on April 3 by visiting: http://www.plymouth.edu/graduate/academics/course-schedules/summer-2013/.

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