Course for international guest/part time students

Faculty

Faculty of Law

Organization

ÁJTK Department of Private International Law and European Economic Law

Code

JNX_ERASMUS:L04

Title

International Art Trade and Law

Usual semester

Both

Published semester

2026/27/1

ECTS

5

Language

en

Learning outcomes

The course gives a brief introduction to the legal issues of international art trade. It gives an overview about the most important legal sources, stakeholders and issues. It presents the fundamentals of private and public law, substantive law and conflict-of-laws regulation of art trade. The course is announced for full-time students as well as Erasmus students. Lecturer: Dr. Tamás Szabados Associate Professor /Department of Private International Law and European Economic Law E-mail: szabados@ajk.elte.hu

Course content

1. Main concepts and legal issues in international art trade; relevant legal sources 2. WTO law, EU law and international art trade 3. Different approaches to stolen cultural objects 4. Stolen and illegally exported cultural objects (1970 UNESCO and 1995 UNIDROIT Convention) 5. Stolen and illegally exported cultural objects (private international law): lex rei sitae v lex originis principle 6. Due diligence in transactions related to cultural objects 7. Nationalisation of works of art 8. Loans of cultural objects 9. Jurisdiction in disputes related to cultural objects 10. State immunity and cultural objects 11. Alternative dispute resolution mechanisms 12. Exam

Assessment method

Written exam

Bibliography

Tamás Szabados: International Art Trade and Law (coursebook electronically available on Moodle) Slides, legal sources, case law and scholarly articles uploaded to Moodle and discussed during the semester.

Programmes of the course