Derek Fincham

South Texas College of Law Houston

Professor

1303 San Jacinto Street

Houston, TX 77002

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (26)

1.

How Adopting the Lex Originis Rule Can Impede the Flow of Illicit Cultural Property

Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts, Vol. 32, p. 111, 2008
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 Jul 2009
Derek Fincham
South Texas College of Law Houston
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art, antiquities, private international law, conflict of laws, international law, lex originis, lex situs, renvoi, art theft, antiquities, cultural heritage, cultural property

2.

Deaccession of Art From the Public Trust

Journal of Art, Antiquity & Law, Vol. 16, Issue 2, pp. 1-37, July 2011
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 08 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2011
Derek Fincham
South Texas College of Law Houston
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Trusts, Estates, Property Law, Art, Museums, Cultural Heritage, Nonprofit, Charity

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Rejecting Renvoi for Movable Cultural Property: The Islamic Republic of Iran v. Denyse Berend

International Journal of Cultural Property, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 111-120, February 2007
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 13 Jun 2007
Derek Fincham
South Texas College of Law Houston
Downloads 701 (59,791)

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cultural property, Iran, Denyse Berend, cultural heritage, renvoi, choice of law, private international law, case note

4.

Towards a Rigorous Standard for the Good Faith Acquisition of Antiquities

Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce, Vol. 37, Issue 1
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 28 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2009
Derek Fincham
South Texas College of Law Houston
Downloads 693 (60,677)

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art, antiquities, law and economics, cultural heritage, cultural property, property, movable property, international law, private law, comparative law,

5.

The Fundamental Importance of Archaeological Context

ART AND CRIME: EXPLORING THE DARK SIDE OF THE ART WORLD, pp. 1-12, Noah Charney, ed., Greenwood Publishing, 2009
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 12 Aug 2009
Derek Fincham
South Texas College of Law Houston
Downloads 686 (61,564)

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Cultural Heritage, Cultural Property, Antiquities, Property, Environmental law, Art, Theft, Looting, International Law, Cultural Heritage Law

6.

The Parthenon Sculptures and Cultural Justice

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 23
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 20 Dec 2019
Derek Fincham
South Texas College of Law Houston
Downloads 509 (89,583)
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British Museum, Parthenon Marbles, Elgin marbles, antiquity, cultural heritage law, restitution, repatriation

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Why U.S. Federal Criminal Penalties for Dealing in Illicit Cultural Property are Ineffective, and a Pragmatic Alternative

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 25, No. 2, November 2007
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 07 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2008
Derek Fincham
South Texas College of Law Houston
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Art, Antiquities, Cultural Property, Cultural Heritage, Illicit Cultural Property, Criminal Law, United Kingdom, England, Wales, Portable Antiquities Scheme, Treasure Act

8.

The Distinctiveness of Property and Heritage

Penn State Law Review, Vol. 115, No. 3, 2011
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 10 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2011
Derek Fincham
South Texas College of Law Houston
Downloads 423 (111,696)

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Property, Heritage, Cultural Property, Cultural Heritage, Statutes of Limitations

9.

How Law Defines Art

John Marshall Review of Intellectual Property Law, 2015
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 09 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 06 Aug 2016
Derek Fincham
South Texas College of Law Houston
Downloads 385 (124,452)

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art law,

10.

Transnational Forfeiture of the Getty Bronze

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 32, 2014
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Dec 2019
Derek Fincham
South Texas College of Law Houston
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Italy, The Getty, Getty Bronze, Bronze Statue of a Victorious Youth, Fano Athelete, forfeiture, foreign judgments

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A Coordinated Legal and Policy Approach to Undiscovered Antiquities: Adapting the Cultural Heritage Policy of England and Wales to Other Nations of Origin

International Journal of Cultural Property, Vol. 15, p. 347, 2008
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 06 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2014
Derek Fincham
South Texas College of Law Houston
Downloads 340 (142,773)

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art, antiquities, archaeology, archaeological context, England and Wales, Cultural Heritage, Nations of Origin, Portable Antiquities Scheme

12.

What is Art Crime?

Journal of Art Crime, Vol. 1, pp. 54-57
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 10 Oct 2011
Derek Fincham
South Texas College of Law Houston
Downloads 317 (153,810)

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art crime

13.

Justice and the Cultural Heritage Movement: Using Environmental Justice to Appraise Art and Antiquities Disputes

20 Va. J. Soc. Pol’y & L. 43 (2012)
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 22 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2013
Derek Fincham
South Texas College of Law Houston
Downloads 276 (177,829)
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justice, cultural heritage, art, antiquities, cultural property, looting, archaeology

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Assessing the Viability of Blockchain to Impact the Antiquities Trade

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 37, No. 3, 2019
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 26 Feb 2020
Derek Fincham
South Texas College of Law Houston
Downloads 244 (200,967)

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blockchain, antiquities trade, art law, cultural property, cultural heritage, art market

15.

The Blood Antiquities Convention as a Paradigm for Cultural Property Crime Reduction

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 37, No. 2, 2019
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 22 Apr 2019
Derek Fincham
South Texas College of Law Houston
Downloads 209 (232,932)

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Public International Law, Council of Europe, Antiquities, Cultural Property, Cultural Heritage, Cultural Heritage Law

16.

Authenticating Art by Valuing Art Experts

86 Miss. L.J. 567 (2017).
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 20 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2023
Derek Fincham
South Texas College of Law Houston
Downloads 198 (244,672)

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Art, Art Law, Art Authentication, Art Forgery, Art Fraud, Counterfeit Art

17.

Intentional Destruction and Spoliation of Cultural Heritage under International Criminal Law

23 U.C. Davis Journal of International Law & Policy 149 (2017)
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 08 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2019
Derek Fincham
South Texas College of Law Houston
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Intentional Destruction, Spoliation, International Criminal Law, Armed Conflict, Cultural Property, Cultural Heritage

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Two Ways of Policing Cultural Heritage

Proceedings of the International Conference on "Protecting Cultural Heritage as a Common Good of Humanity: A Challange for Criminal Justice", 13-15 December 2013, Courmayeur Mont Blanc, Italy, edited by Stefano Manacorda, Arianna Visconti, Ed. ISPAC 2014
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 11 Dec 2014
Derek Fincham
South Texas College of Law Houston
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cultural heritage, art crime, antiquities looting, international criminal law,

19.

Is Go Set a Watchman Authentic?

47 Cumberland Law Review 101 (2016)
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 09 Nov 2016
Derek Fincham
South Texas College of Law Houston
Downloads 133 (341,908)

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Authenticity, Literature, Harper Lee, Go Set a Watchman

20.

Social Norms and Illicit Cultural Heritage

Enforcing International Cultural Heritage Law (Francesco Francioni & James Gordley eds. 2013, Oxford University Press)
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 26 Jul 2013
Derek Fincham
South Texas College of Law Houston
Downloads 119 (371,430)

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cultural heritage, looting, illicit cultural property, antiquities, heritage law

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'Metal Detecting and Archaeology' by Suzie Thomas and Peter G. Stone Review

American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 115, No. 1, 2011
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 07 Jan 2011
Derek Fincham
South Texas College of Law Houston
Downloads 108 (397,935)

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Metal detecting, archaeology, looting, cultural heritage

22.

Art, Antiquities, and Money Laundering

Kentucky Law Journal, Vol. 111, 2023
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 25 Jan 2023
Derek Fincham
South Texas College of Law Houston
Downloads 104 (408,655)

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criminal law, money laundering, AML, art, antiquities, art law, cultural heritage, cultural property

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The Rescue, Stewardship, and Return of the Lysi Frescoes by the Menil Foundation

22 International Journal of Cultural Property 1 (2015)
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 20 Jan 2020
Derek Fincham
South Texas College of Law Houston
Downloads 103 (411,466)

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Cyprus, Menil Foundation, antiquities looting, art loan

24.

The Personal Rights of Artists

Houston Law Review, Vol. 59, No. 5, 2022
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 12 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2022
Derek Fincham
South Texas College of Law Houston
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Moral rights, art law, Copyright, artists rights, personal rights, VARA, Berne Convention,

25.

The Syrian Conflict and the Proposed 'Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act'

Santander Art and Culture Law Review 2/2015 (1): 63-82
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 07 Mar 2016
Derek Fincham
South Texas College of Law Houston
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Syria, United States, archaeological heritage, illicit traffic, looting, art trade, cultural heritage

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Are Police Posters Art?

Journal of Art Crime, Vol. 2, pp. 73-75
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 10 Oct 2011
Derek Fincham
South Texas College of Law Houston
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