If a person is forced to sell a family heirloom in order to save their life during times of war, is that transaction legitimate? This is the central question that the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit had to tackle in the case Zuckerman v. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2019). This case followed a lawsuit initiated by plaintiff Laurel Zuckerman in an attempt to recover The Actor, an original painting by Pablo Picasso that is currently held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
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While honor killings are deeply rooted in private matters within society, mostly involving the family, only the legal system has the force and legitimacy required to carry out the prosecution of these crimes. In order to justly prosecute these murders, the Jordanian legal system must change its discriminatory legal codes and increase penalties for honor killings while raising public awareness of the violations of both Islamic law and natural rights these cases commit.
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