Holocaust-Era Art Restitution Claims: Is the HEAR Act a Game Changer?

Authors

Rachel Sklar, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of LawFollow

Publication Date

2017

Graduation Year

2018

Journal

Revista de Derecho Privado

Abstract

The author of this article presents a legal analysis of the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016 (“HEAR Act”), signed into law by President Barack Obama on December 16, 2016, which creates a uniform, federal six-year statute of limitations on civil restitution claims in the United States for the victims of Nazi-era persecution and their heirs to make a legal demand for the return of artwork or other cultural property that was seized, confiscated or wrongfully taken as a result of the policies of the Third Reich.

Volume

12

First Page

159

Keywords

The Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016, cultural property, confiscated art, restitution claims

Disciplines

Law

Recommended Citation

Rachel Sklar, Holocaust-Era Art Restitution Claims: Is the HEAR Act a Game Changer?, 12 Revista de Derecho Privado 159 (2017).
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/students-alums-articles/1