Cultural property and “interest analysis”

A victory for Spain before the California courts (Cassirer v Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Fund)

Abstract

This article discusses a court decision which may put an end to a long and complex case dealing with the application of the “comparative impairment approach” and with the choice between state and federal conflict of law norms. This case is also very relevant in the ongoing struggle before American courts, to recover works of art expropriated by the Nazis and which may be found outside the United States.