Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal
Abstract
The article challenges the British Museum's claim to the Parthenon sculptures, arguing that the evidence undermines the legality and ethics of their acquisition. It asserts that Lord Elgin's removal of the sculptures was unauthorized and involved bribery, and that the British Museum's defense relies on flawed historical interpretations and misrepresentation of key documents. The article concludes that the moral and legal arguments increasingly favor the repatriation of the sculptures to Greece.
Disciplines
Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law | International Law | Law
Recommended Citation
David Rudenstine,
Trophies for the Empire: The Epic Dispute Between Greece and England over the Parthenon Sculptures in the British Museum,
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Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J.
377
(2021).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cardozoaelj/vol39/iss4/2