Archaeology and Law: legal aspects in research and management of archaeological remains

The article examines the relation between law and archaeology and refers to critical issues such as the prevention of clandestine excavations and the illegal export of antiquities, the legality of private collections, the protection of antiquities and the right of study and publication of archaeological findings. Contemporaneously, the article criticises the way that university Schools, the National Archive of Monuments and the local Services and Museums approach these issues and mainly focuses on the wrong way in which the rights of study and publication of the archaeological findings are granted, resulting in the extreme delay of the research procedure.