Foreign Laws
The Law Library also owns statutory materials for a variety of foreign jurisdictions. Please consult a Reference Librarian or InfoHawk, the library’s online catalog, for assistance in identifying these materials.
- Foreign Law Guide: Current Sources of Codes and Basic Legislation in Jurisdictions of the World (Reynolds and Flores) (BrillOnline) This link opens in a new windowAlso available in print at Law Reference K38 .R49 1989.
- GlobaLex This link opens in a new windowInformation and articles focused on international and foreign law research. The guides and articles published are written by scholars well known in their respective fields.
International Conventions
Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, Nov. 23, 1972
Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, May 14, 1954
- 249 U.N.T.S. 215 (1956) [PDF]Also available in print at Law Library JX 170 .U35 or from the U.N. website.
Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects, June 24, 1995
Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property, Nov. 14, 1970
Convention on the Protection of the Archeological, Historical, and Artistic Heritage of the American Nations, June 16, 1976
Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, Nov. 2, 2001
- 41 I.L.M. 40 (2002)Also available in print at Law Library JX 68 .I54 or from the U.N. website [PDF].
European Convention on Offences Relating to Cultural Property, June 23, 1985
International Conventions
European Convention on the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage, May 6, 1969
European Convention on the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage (Revised), Jan. 16, 1992
European Cultural Convention, Dec. 19, 1954
International Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments and Sites (Venice Charter 1964), approved May 31, 1964 (ICOMOS)
Protection of Artistic and Scientific Institutions and Historic Monuments (Roerich Pact), Apr. 15, 1935
Return or Restitution of Cultural Property to the Countries of Origin, U.N. GAOR 47th Plenary Meeting, Nov. 2, 1993
Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, Mar. 26, 1999