Legal issues touch every aspect of organizations in the creative and cultural sectors. This book teaches non-lawyer, arts administration professionals and students how to identify and manage legal issues common to arts organizations.
Legal Issues for Arts Organizations demystifies common legal problems and helps readers to approach them proactively. With an easy-to-remember “issue-spotting” process, the book helps develop the average administrator’s “eye” for legal issues, so that the administrator knows when to do more research and when to seek out professional legal assistance. Written by a law professor and former intellectual property litigator with experience in arts policy and administration, this book provides a framework that arts professionals can use to navigate legal issues with increased confidence. It provides an overview of the American legal system, teaches a systematic process for identifying legal issues, trains administrators to read and understand contracts, gives practical advice for working with professional lawyers, and puts theory into practice with an applied learning component.
Packed with practical tips and advice, this book provides a primer that every arts administrator and every arts- and nonprofit-management student will find immediately useful.
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Part I: The Legal Environment 1. The Legal Issue Spotting Process 2. The American Legal System as a Platform Part II: The Relationship Triangle 3. People 4. Property 5. Purpose Part III: The Deal Triangle 6. Permissions 7. Payment 8. Pitfalls Part IV: Working with Lawyers 9. Professionals 10. Practice Issue Spotting
Biography
Kristi W. Arth, J.D., M.A., is an Assistant Professor of Law at Belmont University College of Law, USA. Previously, she was a partner with Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, an Am Law 200 law firm, where she practiced as an intellectual property litigator and represented record labels, visual artists, authors, and galleries, among other clients in non-arts sectors.
“Legal Issues for Arts Organizations provides readers with a clear and concise method for better understanding and protecting themselves and their organization. I would recommend this book to arts management students and practitioners alike. It’s a resource that will be referenced often.”
Dr. Brea M. Heidelberg, Associate Professor & Director, Entertainment & Arts Management Program, Drexel University
“Legal Issues for Arts Organizations should be essential reading for any student studying arts administration. As a lawyer and educator, I can say that this book makes legal topics accessible and fills a gap in the current pedagogical literature for the arts administration field.”
Dr. Cheryl Slay Carr, Ed.D., J.D., Board Member, Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE)
“A gamechanger for arts managers, Legal Issues for Arts Organizations: A Practical Guide demystifies the legal landscape, providing a framework for minimizing legal exposure and for developing an organizational culture that promotes legal planning. From contracts to copyrights, this book delivers an accessible, comprehensive guide for making better-informed legal decisions.”
Dr. Elliot Knight, Executive Director, Alabama State Council on the Arts
“Arth has provided the arts administrator and arts administration students with a great tool that allows them to identify legal issues in their arts organizations and when they need to seek professional help.”
James Charles Marchant, University of New Orleans, USA
“This book belongs on the shelf of every student, scholar, or practitioner of arts management. It also constitutes a ready-made curriculum for any department looking to add or enhance a course on legal issues in the arts. Arth makes arcane legal topics accessible and applicable for any reader, no law degree required!”
Dr. Jerome Socolof, Associate Professor of Arts Management & Chair, Department of Fine and Performing Arts, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
“In Legal Issues for Arts Organizations, Kristi Arth empowers arts administrators and students of arts administration to approach legal issues practically and with a structured process. This novel approach is essential, bringing an appropriate level of legal education to students outside of the context of a law school or specialized legal education. This process teaches readers to assess what legal issues might exist in their arts organization, and whether and when to bring in legal counsel.”
Rachel Skaggs, PhD, Lawrence and Isabel Barnett Assistant Professor of Arts Management, The Ohio State University, USA
“Legal Issues for Arts Organizations: A Practical Guide is a versatile, accessible, and practical resource for arts and cultural managers and executives to navigate the legal environment, build legal knowledge, and recognize when to seek out an attorney. Using the author’s novel yet easy to remember framework of 9 “P’s,” this book can be used for both undergraduate and graduate teaching as well as for practitioners. This book fills an important gap in the market.”
Dr. Yuha Jung, Assoc. Prof. of Arts Admin. & Dir. of Grad. Studies, Univ. of Kentucky, & Juris Doctor Candidate
