Legal Issues in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage

I have just discovered that there is an interesting publication 'Strategies for Saving Our Cultural Heritage: Legal Issues in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage' edited by V. Argyropoulos, A. Hein and M. Abdel-Harith 2007 available online. This is the fruit of a meeting held in Cairo 25 February - 1 March 2007 and contains a number of interesting papers which I have not yet had time to review thoroughly, but post the contents from the website here for future reference. Several of the papers touch directly on themes discussed here:

Sharon Little, Realigning the Legal Vision: Introductury Note [pdf]

A. Alshami, N. Haddad and A. Arafat, The role of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan in preventing the illicit trade of cultural heritage, pp. 194-198. [pdf]

R.A. St. Hilaire, International antiquities trafficking: Theft by another name - Protecting archaeological sites abroad by prosecuting receivers, sellers, and smugglers of looted antiquities under United States domestic law, pp. 199-205. [pdf]

A. Lacoursière and J.-F. Talbot, Partnerships: A solution to the illicit trafficking of art (Conclusions of the Pilot Project 2004-2005, Sûreté du Québec), pp. 206-208. [pdf]

B. Czegledi: In search of our heritage, pp. 209-212. [pdf]

A. Canals and M. Pou, Traceability of Cultural Heritage Objects: The AICOA Model, pp. 213-216. [pdf]

W.Wei, J. Frohn, S. Sotiropoulou and M. Weber, Experience with a new non-contact fingerprinting method for the identification and protection of objects of cultural heritage against theft and illegal trafficking, pp. 217-222. [pdf]

S.Simon: Illicit Traffic: A Challenge for Conservation Science and Conservation, pp. 223-227. [pdf]

J.K. Hawley, The international illicit trade in cultural heritage: Can museum professionals help to stop it?, pp. 228-233.[pdf]

M.M.C. van Heese, Recent developments in the Netherlands after the conference Ilegal Trade Rotterdam 2004, pp. 234-237.[pdf]

S. Little: Global Village: Global legal visions for cultural heritage?, pp. 238-243. [pdf]

Z. Sakki, C. Karydis, C. Spiliopoulou and C. Maravelias: 'Knives Cost Lives': Ethical issues relating to the conservation of a group of weapons at the Museum of Criminology of the Medical School - University of Athens, 244-250. [pdf]