Violin fraud : deception, forgery, theft, and lawsuits in England and America / Brian W. Harvey and Carla J. Shapreau.
1997
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Author
Title
Violin fraud : deception, forgery, theft, and lawsuits in England and America / Brian W. Harvey and Carla J. Shapreau.
Published
Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Call Number
KD8000 .H37 1997
Edition
Second edition.
ISBN
0198166559
Description
xxi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)36501350
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (page 207) and indexes.
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Table of Contents
Table of Cases
Table of Legislation
Introduction
Pt. I
The English Scene
1A Case Study in Supply and Demand - the Violin Scene
3
2History of Violin Frauds
11
3Liability for Misdescriptions - An Overview of the Civil and Criminal Law
20
4Business or Pleasure - Legal Traps
34
5Misdescriptions and False Labels
39
6Fakes and Forgeries - the Problem of Attribution
54
7Stolen Violins
75
8Improving Violin Trading and Repairing Standards
94
Tailnote
99
Pt. II
The American Scene
9The Purloined Violin
103
10Intentional and Innocent Misdescriptions
120
11Breach of Contract and Warranties
130
12Auctions
142
13Discovery of Fraud and Deception: Fiddling Away the Time - the Statute of Limitations and Other Defences
155
14Defamation and Product Disparagement
162
15Tax Issues
168
16The Hazards of Secret Commissions and the Duty to Disclose
171
17Criminal Liability
176
18Ethics
181
19Intellectual Property Rights
183
Tailnote
192
App. 1
A Summary of Practical Guidelines for Everyone Involved in the British Violin Trade
193
App. 2
Uniform Commercial Code, Sections 2-326, 2-327, and 2-328
198
App. 3
American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers, Inc. Code of Conduct
201
Bibliography
207
Index to Part I (The English Scene)
209
Index to Part II (The American Scene)
211