Washington University Global Studies Law Review Volume 10 Issue 2 January 2011 Museums in the Crosshairs: Unintended Consequences of the War on Terror Jennifer Anglim Kreder Northern Kentucky University Kimberly Degraaf Northern Kentucky University Follow this and additional works at: https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_globalstudies Part of the Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Commons, and the Military, War, and Peace Commons Recommended Citation Jennifer Anglim Kreder and Kimberly Degraaf, Museums in the Crosshairs: Unintended Consequences of the War on Terror, 10 WASH. U. GLOBAL STUD. L. REV. 239 (2011), https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_globalstudies/vol10/iss2/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law School at Washington University Open Scholarship. It has been accepted for inclusion in Washington University Global Studies Law Review by an authorized administrator of Washington University Open Scholarship. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. MUSEUMS IN THE CROSSHAIRS: UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR ON TERROR JENNIFER ANGLIM KREDER KIMBERLY DEGRAAF ABSTRACT Congress has passed ineffectual, “sound bite” anti-terrorism legislation that has foisted conflicting jurisdictional mandates upon the federal courts, sucked terrorist victims into a vacuous, exhausting drama with no chance for justice, and interfered with the President‟s ability to conduct diplomatic relations in the Middle East. One group of victims is mired in multiple jurisdictions trying to enforce a default judgment, exorbitant by international standards, against the Islamic Republic of Iran by forcing auctions of antiquities collections housed at Harvard University, the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago, the Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago), and the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston) among others.