To: gridlock
"Perhaps that is the justification for this decision by the British Court. I don't know, but I don't have to know."
From the article;
"Vice-Chancellor Sir Andrew Morritt ruled that the British Museum Act - which protects the collections for posterity - cannot be overridden by the ethical merit of a claim involving plundered art."
In other words, the Brits passed a law exempting museums from ordinary property law.
60 posted on
05/31/2005 9:45:09 AM PDT by
monday
To: monday
In other words, the Brits passed a law exempting museums from ordinary property law. Well, that makes sense to me. Good public policy, if you ask me.
61 posted on
05/31/2005 9:54:00 AM PDT by
gridlock
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