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

Publications & Cases

Recent Publications

Lawrence M. Friedman. With John Henry Merryman, Memorial Resolution: Mauro Cappelletti (1927-2004) in In Honorem Mauro Cappelletti (1927-2004): Tribute To An International Procedural Lawyer, Marcel Storme and Federico Carpi, eds., Frederick, MD: Aspen, 2005.
John Henry Merryman. A Licit International Trade in Cultural Objects in WHO OWNS THE PAST? : CULTURAL POLICY, CULTURAL PROPERTY, AND THE LAW, Kate Fitz Gibbon, ed., New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press in association with American Council for Cultural Policy, 2005.
John Henry Merryman, A Licit International Trade In Cultural Objects, in, Art Market Matters. Helvoirt, Netherlands: The European Fine Art Foundation, pp. 13-36, 2004.
John Henry Merryman, Ma la Tutela non Vuol Dire per Forza Divieto di Esportazione, 21 Giornale dell'Arte Il Rapporto Antiquariato 8-10 (June 2004).
John Henry Merryman, The Commodification of Art, 160 Apollo 26-27 (July 2004).
John Henry Merryman. A Licit International Trade In Cultural Objects in ART MARKET MATTERS, Helvoirt, Netherlands: The European Fine Art Foundation, 2004.
John Henry Merryman and Albert E. Elsen, Law, Ethics and the Visual Arts, 4th ed., New York, NY:Aspen, 2002.
John Henry Merryman, Counterfeit Art and Artists' Right, in Creative Ideas for Intellectual Property: The ATRIP papers 2000-2001, Francois Dessemontet and Raphael Gani, eds. Lausanne, France: Centre du droit de l'enterprise, 2002.,
John Henry Merryman and Albert E. Elsen, Law, Ethics, and the Visual Arts, 4th ed., The Hague; New York: Kluwer Law International, 1360p. (2002).
John Henry Merryman, Cultural Property, International Trade and Human Rights, Occassional Papers in Intellectual Property from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, Number 9 (2001)
John Henry Merryman, What is Cultural Property: An Overview, Who Owns Culture? Cultural Property and Patrimony Disputes in an Age Without Borders. [Conference held at Columbia University, April 15-17, 1999.] New York: National Arts Journalism Program, 2001.
John Henry Merryman, Keynote [Symposium: Reports from the Front Lines of the Art and Cultural Property Wars], 19 Cardozo Arts and Entertainment Law Journal 51-68 (2001)
John Henry Merryman, Thinking About the Elgin Marbles: Critical Essays on Cultural Property, Art and Law, Boston: Kluwer Law International, 2000. 480 pages.
John Henry Merryman, Law, Ethics and the Parthenon Marbles,, The Destiny of the Parthenon Marbles, Proceedings from a Seminar Sponsored by the Society for the Preservation of the Greek Heritage [held at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., February 13, 1999], edited by Dr. Richard Hubbard Howland and compiled by Anna Lea. Washington: Society for the Preservation of Greek Heritage, 2000. pgs. 67-81.
John Henry Merryman, Due Diligence?, 3 IFAR Journal 41-45 (2000)
John Henry Merryman, Law and Development Memoirs I: The Chile Law Program, 48 American Journal of Comparative Law 481-500 (2000)
John Henry Merryman, Law and Development Memoirs II: Slade, XLVIII American Journal of Comparative Law 713-727 (2000)
John Henry Merryman, Cultural Property Trade Law in the Third Millennium, Rivista Del Diritto Commerciale E Del Diritto Generale Delle Obbligazioni, No. 7-8/9-10 (Luglio-Agosto/Settembre-Ottobre) 2000. p.385-402.
John Henry Merryman, The Loneliness of the Comparative Lawyer and Other Essays in Foreign and Comparative Law, Boston: Kluwer Law International, 1999. 541 p.
John Henry Merryman, The Cultural Property Dialogue, in Liber Amicorum Hector Fix-Zamudio. San Jose, Costa Rica: Secretaria De La Corte Interamericana De Derechos Humanos, 1998. p.1049-1058.

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