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The intersection of law with art and cultural heritage is a quickly changing, ever more vital field, in part due to the exponential growth in the value of the art market and in part due to the central role that cultural heritage plays in many of the world's most significant events, ranging from armed conflict to global security concerns. As a result, the new edition of Art, Cultural Heritage, and the Law presents new and updated materials to capture this rapidly evolving field. The fifth edition of Art, Cultural Heritage, and the Law continues the basic structure and emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches of the earlier editions. This new edition includes the most recent case law, such as Zuckerman v. Metropolitan Museum of Art and Republic of Turkey v. Christie's, Inc. and Steinhardt and a discussion of Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith. The inclusion of images of many of the art works and cultural objects at issue, including eight pages of full-color plates, helps students to understand why these disputes occur and why the litigants feel so strongly about the outcomes. The new edition includes analysis of new statutory and regulatory law, such as the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony (STOP) Act, the new regulations for implementation of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, UN Security Council Resolution 2347 on protection of cultural heritage and the interface with international security and securitization of heritage, and the European Union regulations for import of cultural objects from outside of the European Union. Expanded treatment is given to the intersection of cultural heritage and international human rights and to the subject of restitution of cultural objects taken during colonialism, imperialism, and armed conflict.