Volume 2 of this handbook comments on the protection of cultural goods from the civil law perspective and examines the ways and means of restitution for cultural goods obtained illegally. The reader is provided with comprehensive checklists to determine the legally required standards for the acquisition of artwork and cultural goods. Possible restitution obligations, economic losses and claims for damage in regard to the trade of tainted objects as well as criminal sanctions, penalty charges and internal association sanctions are explained in detail.

Michael Anton, Universität des Saarlandes.