There are a plethora of domestic and international laws which aim to stem the illicit trade in works of art and antiquities. Unfortunately they are not working at stemming the illicit trade. As Colin Renfrew, a prominent English Archaeologist has argued, in the decades since the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property, the theft and looting of works of art has increased. I’ve tried to argue in a recent article that if we add some real scrutiny to the venerable doctrine of good faith, we…