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Announcement – Save the Date: Online Workshop on Cross-Border Protection of Cultural Property

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Chinese Journal of Transnational Law will hold an online workshop on Cross-Border Protection of Cultural Property on 28 Feb 2025. All are welcome to attend. A Zoom link will be provided closer to the event.

Tentative Programme

Keynote Speakers

•Prof. Christa Roodt, University of Glasgow

•Prof. Zhengxin Huo, China University of Political Science and Law

 

Speakers and Presentations

•Restitution of Cultural Objects Unethically Acquired During the Colonial Era: The Intersection of Public and Private International Law

Andreas Giorgallis (PGR), University of Glasgow

•The Contribution of Postcolonial Theory to the Cross-Border Protection of Indigenous Cultural Heritage

Eleni Moustaira, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

•From Freedom to Restitution (With Special Focus on Central and Eastern Europe and the Lusophone Community)

Miroslaw Michal Sadowski, University of Strathclyde

•Restitution of Cultural Property in China: In Search of a New Paradigm for Cross-Border Cultural Property Claims

Ruida Chen, China University of Political Science and Law

•Forfeiture and Freezing Orders in Trans-border Cultural Property Litigation

Maggie Fleming Cacot

•Restitution of Stolen Foreign Cultural Property and Hurdles in Choice of Law

Yehya Badr, Yamamah University

•The Issue of Applicable Law in Disputes Arising from Violations of Private Law Regulations on Cultural Properties: The Case of Türkiye

Ekin Hacibekiroglu, Kadir Has University

•Evolving Models of Restitution

Evelien Campfens, University of Amsterdam

•Moving People, Shifting State Borders and the Return of Cultural Property: The Case of Poland

Andrzej Jakubowski, Instytut Nauk Prawnych, Polska Akademia Nauk,

We invite those interested in this important discussion to mark their calendars. More information will be provided soon.

US Ninth Circuit rules in favor of Spain in a decades-long case concerning a painting looted by the Nazis

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This interesting case comment has been kindly provided to the blog by Nicolás Zambrana-Tévar, LLM, PhD, KIMEP University

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has found in favor of Spain as defendant in a property case spanning several decades. A panel of three judges has unanimously ruled that, applying California conflict of law rules, Spain has a stronger interest than the claimants in the application of its own domestic law, including its own rules on prescriptive acquisition of property and the statute of limitations, thus confirming the ownership of a stolen painting, now owned by a Spanish museum.

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Convergence and Divergence in Private International Law – Liber Amicorum Kurt Siehr

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As we pointed out in a previous post, a very rich collection of essays in honor of Prof. Kurt Siehr on his 75th birthday has been recently published by Eleven International Publishing and Schulthess, under the editorship of Katharina Boele-Woelki, Talia Einhorn, Daniel Girsberger and Symeon Symeonides: Convergence and Divergence in Private International Law – Liber Amicorum Kurt Siehr. A previous Festschrift was dedicated to Prof. Siehr in 2000: “Private Law in the International Arena – From National Conflict Rules Towards Harmonization and Unification: Liber amicorum Kurt Siehr” (see Google Books).

Here’s the table of contents:

Part I: General Aspects of PIL Law-Making.

  • Talia Einhorn, American vs. European Private International Law – The Case for a Model Conflict of Laws Act (MCLA);
  • Peter Hay, Comparative and International Law in the United States – Mixed Signals;
  • Herbert Kronke, Connecting Factors and Internationality in Conflict of Laws and Transnational Commercial Law;
  • Jim Nafziger, Democratic Values in the Choice-of-Law Process;
  • Anton K. Schnyder, Keine Berührungsangst des Schweizerischen Bundesgerichts im Umgang mit Eingriffsnormen;
  • Frank Vischer, ‘Revolutionary ideas’ and the Swiss Statute on Private International Law;
  • Jun Yokoyama, Renvoi in Japanese Private International Law.

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