To Steal a Book Is an Elegant Offense - Intellectual Property Law in Chinese Civilization (Hardcover)

This study examines the law of intellectual property in China from imperial times to the present. It draws on history, politics, economics, sociology, and the arts, and on interviews with officials, business people, lawyers, and perpetrators and victims of 'piracy'. The author asks why the Chinese, with their early bounty of scientific and artistic creations, are only now devising legal protection for such endeavors and why such protection is more rhetoric than reality on the Chinese mainland. In the process, he sheds light on the complex relation between law and political culture in China. The book goes on to examine recent efforts in the People's Republic of China to develop intellectual property law, and uses this example to highlight the broader problems with China's program of law reform.

General

Imprint:	Stanford University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 1995
First published:	1995
Authors:	William P. Alford
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth / Cloth / Cloth
Pages:	236
ISBN-13:	978-0-8047-2270-4
Categories:	Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Private, property, family law > Personal property law > Intellectual property, copyright & patents
LSN:	0-8047-2270-6
Barcode:	9780804722704

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