•   The Consequences of the Exploitation of Underwater Cultural Property.

  •   A critical examination of deaccessioning in American Museums in light of the recent Thomas Eakins and Albright-Knox controversies, with an emphasis on what this may reveal about the underlying assumptions inherent in American cultural policy.
  •         An evaluation of the recent attempts by Iran to use the High Court in London to repatriate artefacts, Iran v. Berend; Iran v. Barakat Galleries and how Anglo-Welsh law provides a forum for claimant source nations.
  •         The decision to repatriate objects by museums in light of the Marischal Museum’s unprecedented repatriation policy which focuses on ties to living cultures and an ongoing dialogue.
  • An analysis of the ways different nations approach drafting and implementing public international law agreements.
  • Extra-territorial application of State tort laws to combat terrorism, and perhaps the use of cultural property to satisfy judgments.