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Is There Any Law That Governs Such Situations?
Some of those rights and rights of possession rest on the notion that the marbles were acquired legally in the first place. The greek prime minister says they were stolen because the country was under ottoman occupation at the time, so, as it were, the government couldn't give permission. Is there any law currently that governs such situations when you've got an investing power? Well, i just let me just say one thing, because of what i said, that there is an 18 16 act that vested title in the elgan collection in the trustees of the british museum under u k Law. That means that the trustees are owners of collection, regardless of how they might have come
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