Property rights, indigenous people and the developing world : issues from aboriginal entitlement to intellectual ownership rights /
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| Author / Creator: | Lea, David, 1946- |
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| Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 296 pages) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11205926 |
| Summary: | This work offers an analysis of the Western formal system of private property and its moral justification and explains the relevance of the institution to particular current issues that face aboriginal peoples and the developing world. The subjects under study include broadly: aboriginal land claims; third world development; intellectual property rights and the relatively recent TRIPs agreement (Trade related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights). Within these broad areas we highlight the following concerns: the maintenance of cultural integrity; group autonomy; economic benefit; access to health care; biodiversity; biopiracy and even the independence of the recently emerged third world nation states. Despite certain apparent advantages from embracing the Western institution of private ownership, the text explains that the Western institution of private property is undergoing a fundamental redefinition through the expansion |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 296 pages) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-291) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789047433453 9047433459 1282398873 9781282398870 9786612398872 6612398876 9789004166943 9004166947 |