Criminological and Criminal-law Problems of the Forging of Paintings

Abstract

The nature and importance of art forgery in the modern world can be grasped fully only if individual branches of science cooperate to the fullest possible extent in an overall review of varied perspectives and in an association of several methods. Glimpses into the mysterious border-zone between art and law, as represented by present-day art forgery, are afforded by the study of art and the history of human thought, by criminology and the study of penal law, but also by scientific criminalistics.