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Art and the Law

Description

Course topics include: The fate of works of art in wartime; plunder and destruction as war crimes; restitution and reparations in kind; the international trade in stolen and illegally exported art and antiquities; the artist's rights in the work of art--moral right, copyright and resale right; the artist and the state--artistic freedom and the First Amendment, government patronage and support; the artist's life--artist and dealer, artist and museum, commissions, live-work space, toxic hazards, taxes, estate planning, legal services for artists; the collector--dealing with dealers and auction houses, consumer protection, counterfeit art, experts, theft, artnapping and insurance, taxes and charitable gifts; museums--the legal character and obligations of museums; trustees, directors and staff; conflicts of interests, deaccessioning, the problem of the insolvent museum. And so on. Students may elect either to write a research paper (on a topic that Prof. Merryman approves) or take a final exam.

Special Instructions:

Graduate students from elsewhere in the University are welcome, but undergraduates, alas, are not. Enrollment is limited. For information or to apply, e-mail Prof. Merryman at merry@stanford.edu, with your name and your student status (e.g. 1L, GSB2, Applied Physics grad, Classics grad, Art History grad, etc.), briefly describing any art/art world education and/or experience you may have had. Once you receive permission from the instructor, you need to fill-out the consent form available in the Registrar's Office, room 100, or at the Office of the Law Registrar website: http://www.law.stanford.edu/school/offices/registrar/.

This course is open to first-year Law School students.

  • Number of Units: 3
  • Course Number: 236

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