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Volume 1:

Artlaw Introduction
Contained in section: Artlaw History

Copyright Law
Contained in section: Copyright before 1989

Worldwide, and Droit Moral
Contained in section: Copyright before 1989

Copyright protection abroad
Contained in section: Copyright before 1989

Resale Royalty
Contained in section: Artists Resale Royalty Right

The Rothko Wrangle
Contained in section: Art after Death

Who cares about art after death?
Contained in section: Art after Death

Artist's Bill of Sale
Contained in section: Contracts

Selling is easy
Contained in section: Contracts

After Sales
Contained in section: Contracts

Commissioning an artist
Contained in section: Contracts

Contracts with Galleries
Contained in section: Contracts

Exhibition Agreements
Contained in section: Contracts

Damage to work
Contained in section: Contracts

Self Expression and the Law
Contained in section: Copyright before 1989

Public Exhibition Payments
Contained in section: Public Patrons

Gallery agreements
Contained in section: Contracts

One for you, nineteen for me
Contained in section: Money

Dear landlord please don't put a price on my soul
Contained in section: Studios

She's nobody's child; the law can't touch her
Contained in section: Money

Second anniversary edition
Contained in section: Ways of Working

 

Volume 2:

Artlaw Services - A National Legal Service for the Arts
Contained in section: Artlaw History

Fundamental Enquiries
Contained in section: Ways of Working

Dire Straits: in the gallery
Contained in section: Contracts

Vexing Art Toll?
Contained in section: Money

Dear Worried Brown Eyes
Contained in section: Money

Shopping Lists
Contained in section: Public Patrons

God help the Minister who meddles with Art!
Contained in section: Public Patrons

The Way Forward?
Contained in section: Public Patrons

VAT Revisited
Contained in section: Money

Play with Fire
Contained in section: Studios

VAT minus zero - no limit
Contained in section: Money

Dear Editors
Contained in section: Artlaw History

Agency Deals
Contained in section: Contracts

Conference consequences
Contained in section: Artlaw History

Working as an artist: part 1
Contained in section: Ways of Working

Working as an artist: part 2
Contained in section: Ways of Working

 

Volume 3:

The State of Play
Contained in section: Artlaw History

New legal rights
Contained in section: Copyright before 1989 

Travellers' Tales
Contained in section: Ways of Working

Artists' right to unemployment benefit
Contained in section: Money

Supplementary Benefit
Contained in section: Money

Commissions and the responsibilities they bring: part 1
Contained in section: Contracts

Commissions and the responsibilities they bring: part 2
Contained in section: Contracts

Rothko Revisited
Contained in section: Art after Death

Tracing Work
Contained in section: Contracts

Disclaimers
Contained in section: Contracts

Lofty Ideals
Contained in section: Studios

Foreign Affairs
Contained in section: Contracts

Percentage for Art
Contained in section: Public Patrons

 

Volume 4:

Drawing the Line
Contained in section: Censorship

Percentage for art: UK - OK?
Contained in section: Public Patrons

Is there life after art school?
Contained in section: Artlaw History

Art and architecture
Contained in section: Contracts

Down in the Flood
Contained in section: Contracts

Holography
Contained in section: Copyright before 1989

Sittin', thinkin', sinkin', drinkin'
Contained in section: Studios

Public image, you got what you wanted
Contained in section: Copyright before 1989

Up against the wall: part 1
Contained in section: Moral rights

Up against the wall: part 2
Contained in section: Moral rights

Wapping Blues
Contained in section: Studios

New Administration: Reforms and Innovations
Contained in section: Public Patrons

Private Investigations
Contained in section: Copyright before 1989

Freedom of Expression: part 1
Contained in section: Censorship

Freedom of Expression: part 2
Contained in section: Censorship

 

Volume 5:

Dear Shane
Contained in section: Artlaw History

Welfare in the State of Art
Contained in section: Public Patrons

Copyright - (A suitable case for reform)
Contained in section: Copyright before 1989

Dear Henry
Contained in section: Copyright before 1989

The Tax Man Cometh
Contained in section: Money

DACS
Contained in section: Copyright before 1989

Ballad of a Thin Wedge
Contained in section: Public Patrons

When I Paint My Masterpiece
Contained in section: Copyright before 1989

Three short and unrelated matters
Contained in section: Contracts

Power Plays: Chimes of Freedom
Contained in section: Censorship

Tomorrow is a Long Time
Contained in section: Moral rights

Postbag
Contained in section: Ways of Working

The Present Status of Artlaw
Contained in section: Artlaw History

Monumental manoeuvres in the dark
Contained in section: Moral rights

 

Volume 6:

Between Thought and Expression
Contained in section: Copyright before 1989

Ignorantia Lex Non Fit Defensia
Contained in section: Copyright before 1989

Riding the D-Train: part 1
Contained in section: Money

Riding the D-Train: part 2
Contained in section: Money

Caveat Emptor
Contained in section: Contracts

Severance
Contained in section: Contracts

Dire Straits - outside the Gallery
Contained in section: Public Patrons

Soul Trading
Contained in section: Ways of Working

The Boyle Family
Contained in section: Ways of Working

Breaking the Rules
Contained in section: Ways of Working

Public Art and the Law
Contained in section: Contracts

Infinity goes Up on Trial
Contained in section: Ways of Working

Paper Promises: part 1
Contained in section: Contracts

Paper Promises: part 2
Contained in section: Contracts

 

Volume 7:

The Next Moves Forward: part 1
Contained in section: Public Patrons

The Next Moves Forward: part 2
Contained in section: Public Patrons

Art for Architecture Legislation
Contained in section: Public Patrons

Copyright and Moral Rights: New Legislation (introduction)
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation

Art and the Law on Trial
Contained in section: Censorship

Of Ha'pennies and Cakes - servicing public arts development
Contained in section: Artlaw History

Ballad of a Widening Wedge
Contained in section: Contracts

Private Commissions and the Law: part 1
Contained in section: Contracts

Private Commissions and the Law: part 2
Contained in section: Contracts

Copyright and Moral Rights: New Legislation: part 1
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation

Copyright and Moral Rights: New Legislation: part 2
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation

Copyright and Moral Rights: New Legislation: part 3
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation

Copyright and Moral Rights: New Legislation (moral rights)
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation

Yes Minister, but is it legal?
Contained in section: Public Patrons

Art and Money
Contained in section: Money

 

Volume 8:

Gift Aid: an Arts Boon?
Contained in section: Money

Advertising and Marketing Art: Copyright Confusion
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation

Follow Up, Follow Up, Follow Up
Contained in section: Artists Resale Royalty Right 

F**K
Contained in section: Censorship

Nothing is Forever
Contained in section: Moral rights 

Oh! My Precious
Contained in section: Money

Information and Advice to the Visual Arts: Getting the Network Working
Contained in section: Artlaw History

One of us must know something (sooner or later)
Contained in section: Artlaw History

Knockin' on Hebborn's door
Contained in section: Ways of Working

An American in Florence: Restoring the Moral Balance
Contained in section: Moral rights

©autionary Tales - of Hoffman
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation

The Values of Insurance
Contained in section: Contracts

Making Waives
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation

Shelter from the Storm
Contained in section: Censorship

% for Art Legislation
Contained in section: Public Patrons

International Artlaw Research and Education Fund
Contained in section: Artlaw History

VAT of Confusion
Contained in section: Money

The Artists' Campaign for Droit de Suite
Contained in section: Artists Resale Royalty Right

 

Volume 9:

Nightmare of Planning Laws: Westminster City Council V Time Life
Contained in section: Contracts

Bankrupt Galleries: A Cautionary Tale
Contained in section: Ways of Working

Contracts: As Easy as ABC: A Users Guide
Contained in section: Contracts

Art After Death
Contained in section: Art after Death

Private Views
Contained in section: Censorship

Technology V Copyright
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation 

Moral Rights: Artists have got 'em
Contained in section: Moral rights

Loaner Beware
Contained in section: Contracts

Dragon's Dance
Contained in section: Contracts

Taxation of Prizes and Grants
Contained in section: Money

In Defence of the Image
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation

A Tax on Art Schools
Contained in section: Money

The Length of Copyright
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation 

Droit de Suite (1996)
Contained in section: Artists Resale Royalty Right

Beware of Artists Bearing Gifts
Contained in section: Contracts

Back to the Future
Contained in section: Artlaw History

Photographing Artwork
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation 

Mapplethorpe
Contained in section: Censorship

The New Right
Contained in section: Publication Right

New Labour Arts Policies
Contained in section: Public Patrons

US Copyright Protection for UK Artists
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation 

Dealing in Fakes
Contained in section: Contracts

Artists Bearing Gifts: Revisited
Contained in section: Contracts

Doing a Deal: part 1
Contained in section: Contracts

Doing a Deal: part 2
Contained in section: Contracts

Doing a Deal: part 3
Contained in section: Contracts

Is your Copying Right?
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation 

Mortality/Immortality
Contained in section: Moral rights

The ACME of Artlaw
Contained in section: Studios

Management of Creativity
Contained in section: Artlaw History

Conservation, Renovation & Restoration
Contained in section: Moral rights

Court Cases
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation 

Copyright Services
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation 

Public Art Commissions: part 1
Contained in section: Contracts

Public Art Commissions: part 2
Contained in section: Contracts

 

Volume 10:

Cell Block
Contained in section: Censorship

Who Owns Public Art Commissions?
Contained in section: Contracts

Mum's the Word
Contained in section: Contracts

Originality
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation 

The Right to Destroy Artwork
Contained in section: Moral rights

An Inspector Calls
Contained in section: Censorship

Claim it from DACS
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation 

Stamp of Approval
Contained in section: Ways of Working

An Inspector may call again
Contained in section: Censorship

The Dali Wrangle
Contained in section: Art after Death

Copyright and resale right
Contained in section: Artists Resale Royalty Right 

Art Online
Contained in section: Ways of Working

Artlaw Matters
Contained in section: Ways of Working

The Bacon Estate
Contained in section: Art after Death

Droit de Suite (2002)
Contained in section: Artists Resale Royalty Right

Art & Copyright
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation 

Sensation and all that
Contained in section: Censorship

Theft, Lies and Videotape
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation 

Morals Mores and Minors
Contained in section: Censorship

Law Online
Contained in section: Artlaw History

Dear Images
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation 

Estates
Contained in section: Moral rights

Questions of Attribution
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation 

Commercial Dimensions
Contained in section: Ways of Working

Space Race: part 1
Contained in section: Studios

Space Race: part 2
Contained in section: Studios

Joint Enterprise
Contained in section: Ways of Working

New UK Copyright Provisions from 31 October 2003
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation 

Old Photographs
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation 

New UK Legistlation Part 1
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation 

New UK Legistlation Part 2
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation

Sellers, Buyers and Auctioneers Beware
Contained in section: Money

Collaborative Works
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation 

The Momart Fire
Contained in section: Money

Posthumous Artworks
Contained in section: Art after Death

Editions or Series: Artists Be Clear
Contained in section: Contracts

 

Volume 11:

Appropriation of Media
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation 

Common Sources
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation 

Artists' Resale Right
Contained in section: Artists Resale Royalty Right

Appropriation
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation 

Strategies for the Arts
Contained in section: Public Patrons

Professional Practice
Contained in section: Ways of Working

Parliamentary Report: The Market for Art
Contained in section: Public Patrons

Parliamentary Report: UK Artists' Resale Right
Contained in section: Artists Resale Royalty Right

Taking Care of Business
Contained in section: Ways of Working

National Studios Forum
Contained in section: Studios

Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006
Contained in section: Artists Resale Royalty Right

'This is Not by Me'
Contained in section: Art after Death

Stealing Ideas
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation

Freedom of Information
Contained in section: Ways of Working

Tate Da Vinci Code Pollock
Contained in section: Contracts
Relevant also to sections: Current Copyright Legislation  / Art after Death

Alison Jackson's Sven
Contained in section: Ways of Working

Artists' Resale Right: First Semester Report
Contained in section: Artists Resale Royalty Right

Management Of Creativity 30 Years On
Contained in section: Ways of Working

Public Sculpture
Contained in section: Current Copyright Legislation

Gormley on the Beach
Contained in section: Public Patrons

Displaying Student Work
Contained in section: Censorship

Conservation, Restoration and Replication of Modern Sculpture
Contained in section: Ways of Working

Christoph Büchel v Mass MoCA
Contained in section: Moral Rights

Online Sales
Contained in section: Ways of Working