Intellectual Property, Human Rights and Development: The Role of NGOs and Social Movements

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Edward Elgar Publishing, Jan 1, 2011 - Law - 304 pages
'Each chapter analyses both policy areas, access to medicines and agriculture/genetic resources. These three exceptionally rich, fieldwork-based case studies constitute the meat _ and the principal contribution _ of this book. . . The book marks a maj
 

Contents

1 The interface between intellectual property human rights and development
1
2 Public health and access to medicines
15
3 Agriculture genetic resources and traditional knowledge
52
4 South Africa
92
5 Brazil
125
6 India
163
the role of NGOs and social movements
202
the role of NGOs and social movements
221
Appendix
257
Bibliography
260
Index
275
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Duncan Matthews, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary, University of London, UK

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