The World Trade Organization Knowledge Agreements (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)

The WTO intellectual property and services agreements (TRIPs and GATS) form the global legal framework in which governments now regulate trade in knowledge. This second edition analyses the provisions of the agreements and examines closely the thirteen years of implementation and revision. Gathering together the interpretations placed on the agreements by the WTO dispute settlement bodies, it reports on the initiatives taken by the members both to liberalise trade in knowledge and to shape international business regulation. Drawing on this, Christopher Arup assesses the future of the WTO as a global law-making institution. Three expanded case studies (legal services, genetic codes/essential medicines, and on-line media) illustrate the impact of the agreements and highlight the challenges faced by the WTO in reconciling free trade with social regulation.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
Release date:	April 2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	Christopher Arup
Dimensions:	234 x 155 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	548
Edition:	2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-88123-4
Categories:	Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International economic & trade law > General
LSN:	0-521-88123-4
Barcode:	9780521881234

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