Who Owns History

* Austria relied on a state’s immunity from legal action, but the US Supreme Court, in 2004, decided that this case was an exception because Austria, after the war, had banned the export of looted artwork without government permission, thereby effectively expropriating them. See Republic of Austria v. Altmann, 541 US 677 (2004).

crimes of colonialism – that must

extending to other victims of the

with the Parthenon Marbles and ex

justice. It is that demand – beginning

themselves to confront demands for jus

museums that cannot bring them

l’autruche – the ostrich attitude of

possess and to impose conditions. It is

mindset – a determination to pos