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

Publications & Cases

Recent Publications

John Henry Merryman, Comparative Law Scholarship, 21 Hastings International and Comparative Law Review 771-84 (1998).
John Henry Merryman and Albert E. Elsen, Law, Ethics and the Visual Arts, Boston: Kluwer Law International, 1998. 1032 pp.
John Henry Merryman, Leave the Marbles Where They Are, Archaeology Odyssey 28 (Spring 1998).
John Henry Merryman, Review of The Return of Cultural Treasures, by Jeanette Greenfield, 7 International Journal of Cultural Property 283-90 (1998).
John Henry Merryman, Cultural Property Ethics, 7 International Journal of Cultural Property 21-31 (1998).
John Henry Merryman, The Free International Movement of Cultural Property, 31 New York Journal of International Law and Politics 1-14 (1998).
John Henry Merryman, Problems in the Art World, American Law Institute - American Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Course of Study, January 16, 1997.
John Henry Merryman, A Licit International Trade in Cultural Property, in Legal Aspects of International Art Trade (International Sales of Works of Art Series, Vol. V), 1996.
John Henry Merryman, The Proposed Generalisation of the Droit de Suite in the European Communities, London: Intellectual Property Institute, 1996.
John Henry Merryman, Draft Principles to Govern a Licit International Trade in Art, in Legal Aspects of International Art Trade (International Sales of Works of Art Series, Vol. V), 1996.
John Henry Merryman, The UNIDROIT Convention: Three Variations from the 'Urtext, 5 International Journal of Cultural Property 11-18 (1996).
John Henry Merryman, Note on The Marquis de Somerueles, 5 International Journal of Cultural Property 321-29 (1996).
John Henry Merryman, Commentary: Archaeologists Are Not Helping, The Art Newspaper, No. 55, p.26 (January, 1996).
John Henry Merryman, Legal Education There and Here: A Comparison, in Civil Law, edited by Ralf Rogowski, Aldershot: Dartmouth, 1996.
John Henry Merryman, No Immaculate Perception, ARTnews, 152 (March, 1995).
John Henry Merryman, A Licit International Trade in Cultural Property, 4 International Journal of Cultural Property 13-60 (1995).
John Henry Merryman, Notes Toward a Clarification of the Antiquities Conflict, in American Society of International Law, Proceedings of the 89th Annual Meeting, 438-39 (1995).
John Henry Merryman, What Do Matisse, Van Gogh and Hitler Have in Common, University of British Columbia Law Review 273-83 (Special Issue, 1995).
John Henry Merryman, The Moral Right of Maurice Utrillo, 43 American Journal of Comparative Law 445-54 (1995).
John Henry Merryman, David S. Clark and John O. Haley, The Civil Law Tradition: Europe, Latin America and East Asia, Charlottesville, Va.: Michie, 1994.

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