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Articles on law serving specific factions of society? Example of art.

tnygard — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:56:07 -0800

Hi all, I am looking for articles or books on how the law serves specific factions of society at the expense of others. I am specifically interested in the issue of art fraud and forgery, but I would be happy to learn about more general overviews on this issue as well. Is there a "classic" book on how law is socially constructed to serve specific factions of society at the expense of others? Or maybe an overview on the sociology or anthropology of law that you highly recommend? Or some key terms I should be aware of? My intuitive understanding of the art forgery example is that laws to prevent fraud serve the interests of people involved in the art market (dealers, galleries, museums, auction houses) but hinder artists that work in historical traditions because the border between a "copy" and a "pastiche" and a "forgery" and a "fraud" is blurry. Thanks in advance for your thoughts!

Giving away my good name.

crinklebat — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:05:05 -0800

Is there any way I can make my forged signature legally bulletproof? I'm away from home but need something to have my signature on it. I've authorized my boyfriend to fake it on my behalf, but is there anything we can do to ensure that if he's called out on it, my "signature" holds up legally - short of some kind of power of attorney deal, which obviously isn't what we're after here?

My friend's mom in middle school authorized her to forge her name if she needed a signature, and said that if the forger put their own initials in parentheses after the fake signature, it meant that it was an authorized forgery. I doubt there's truth to this, but am curious as to whether there really is anything of that type that we can do at long distance.

Hieronymous Bosch Forgery?

vacapinta — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:07:38 -0800

Hieronymous Bosch - Filter: I saw a painting in the Mimara museum in Zagreb which claims to be The Temptation of St. Anthony by Bosch. But...I suspect its a fake... Here's a photo of the one in Zagreb.

And, here's the original which sits in the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga in Lisbon, Portugal.

Did Bosch make more than one version or is this likely a cheap copy?

Is the "zawahiri letter" authentic?

specialk420 — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 14:29:46 -0800

Bush used the "Zawahiri letter" today as part of his justification for his policies and the war in Iraq ... I have heard a number of doubts about it's authenticity, does anyone know what the chain of custody/origin of this letter is? and what the current conventional wisdom is on its authenticity?