Legal issues and recovering processes: Australia

Conference Papers
Resource theme: 
Legislation - International
Legislation - National
Litigation, Return & Restitution
Resource type: 
Bibliography - Conference Papers
Author: 
KENYON Andrew
Editor: 
Australian Institute of Criminology
Date: 
1999
Pages / Length: 
13 p.
Language of publication: 
English

Paper presented at the Art Crime Protecting Art, Protecting Artists and Protecting Consumers Conference.

I have not been able to resist the temptation to commence today with six words. ‘This is a world of limitations.’ One reason for the start is prosaic. I am considering something about limitation periods and their role in the recovery of stolen art. As you would imagine, ‘Legal Issues and Recovery Processes: Australia’ is large topic. So I have chosen one aspect about recovery to consider in the Australian context: limitation periods. To do this, some international comparison is useful. Art theft commonly crosses jurisdictions; it often is international.