Legal Dictionary for Museum Professionals

This updated edition addresses developing issues in the museum profession including capitalization of collections, direct care of collections, and the FASB guidelines. Author Heather Kuruvilla also tackles other critical new legal concerns such as the different forms of business organizations and the distinction between employees and consultants.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Preface
Disclaimer
List of Tables
Common Symbols and Their Meanings
Common Acronyms and Their Meanings
List of Statutes
Chapter 1: Museum Law Dictionary
In Focus
Chapter 2: Ethics and the Law
Chapter 3: Museum Deaccessioning and the Proceeds from Disposal
Chapter 4: An Overview of the Basics of Copyright Law
Chapter 5: Copyright Infringement and the Fair Use Doctrine
Chapter 6: An Introduction to Trademarks
Chapter 7: Intellectual Property Licensing
Chapter 8: Nonprofit Corporations and Tax Exemption
Chapter 9: The Board of Trustees and Their Fiduciary Duty
Chapter 10: Worker Classification: Distinguishing Between an Employee and an Independent Contractor
Chapter 11: Understanding the Various Forms of Business Structures
Further Resources
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the author

By Heather Hope Kuruvilla

Product details

• Authors: Heather Hope Kuruvilla, Kuruvilla Heather Hope
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781538142974
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-4297-4
• No. of pages: 308
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; LAW / Dictionaries & Terminology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Museum Administration & Museology, Reference works, Management & management techniques, Jurisprudence & general issues, Dictionaries, Museology & heritage studies, Subject dictionaries