John Henry Merryman
Nelson Bowman Sweitzer and Marie B. Sweitzer Professor of Law, Emeritus

Publications & Cases

Recent Publications

John Henry Merryman, Thinking about the Sevso Treasure, in The Futures of Our Pasts, Michael A. Adler, Susan Benton Bruning, editors, Santa Fe, N.M.: School for Advanced Research Press, 2012.
John Henry Merryman, Collection as a Good, Aedon, no. 1/2, 2012.
John Henry Merryman, The van Meegeren Problem, in Convergence and Divergence in Private International Law--Liber Amicorum Kurt Siehr, K. Boele-Woelki, T. Einhorn, D. Girsberger, and S. Symonides, editors, The Hague: Eleven International Publishing, 2010.
John Henry Merryman, Art Systems and Cultural Policy, 15 Art Antiquity and Law 99 (2010)
John Henry Merryman, David S. Clark, John Owen Haley, Comparative Law: Historical Development of the Civil Law Tradition in Europe, Latin America, and East Asia, New Providence, N.J.: LexisNexis, 2010.
John Henry Merryman, The American Art System and the New Cultural Policy, Stanford Public Law Working Paper, No. 1489612 (October 2009).
John Henry Merryman and Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo, A Tradição da Civil Law: Uma Introdução aos Sistemas Jurídicos de Europa e da América Latina, São Paulo: Sergio Antonio Fabris Ed., 2009. (translation by Cássio Casagrande)
John Henry Merryman, Thinking About the Elgin Marbles: Critical Essays on Cultural Property, Art and Law, London: Kluwer Law International, 2nd ed., June 2009.
John Henry Merryman, The Nation and the Object, in Whose Culture? The Promise of Museums and the Debate Over Antiquities, James Cuno, ed., Princeton: Princeton Universtiy Press (March 2009).
John Henry Merryman, Late Art Historian Deserves Mention for Helping Develop Rodin Collection, Stanford Report, February 25, 2009, pg. 2.
John Henry Merryman, The Good Faith Acquisition of Stolen Art, in Crime, Procedure and Evidence in a Comparative Context: Essays in Honour of Professor Mirjan Damaska, John Jackson, Maximo Langer and Peter Tillers, eds., Oxford: Hart Publishing, October 2008 / Stanford Public Law Working Paper, No. 1025515 (July 2008).
John Henry Merryman, Thinking About the Sevso Treasure, Stanford Public Law Working Paper, No. 1105584 (March 2008).
John Henry Merryman, Albert E. Elsen and Stephen K. Urice, Law, Ethics and the Visual Arts, Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands: Kluwer Law International, 5th ed., 2007.
John Henry Merryman, The Civil Law Tradition: An Introduction to the Legal Systems of Europe and Latin America, Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 3rd. ed., 2007.
John Henry Merryman, Museum Ethics, 1 Art and Museum Law Journal 93 (2006).
John Henry Merryman. A Clash Over Antiquities, New York Times, April 5, 2006, p. A22.
John Henry Merryman. Imperialism, Art and Restitution, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. (ed.)
John Henry Merryman. Introduction In Imperialism, Art And Restitution, John Henry Merryman, ed., New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
John Henry Merryman. Whither the Elgin Marbles? in Imperialism, Art And Restitution, John Henry Merryman, ed., New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
John Henry Merryman. Cultural Property Internationalism, 12 International Journal Of Cultural Property 11 (2005).

merry@stanford.edu

650.723.2473

Curriculum Vitae

Education:

BS University of Portland 1943
MS University of Notre Dame Graduate School 1944
JD Notre Dame Law School 1947
LLM 1951; JSD 1955 New York University School of Law

Expertise:

Art and Cultural Property Law
Comparative Law