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Hestermeyer, Holger.

Human rights and the WTO : the case of patents and access to medicines / by Holger Hestermeyer. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008. - xxxvi, 369 pages ; 25 cm. - International economic law series . - International economic law series. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-360) and index.

Background of the debate -- Patent law -- Access to medicine as a human right -- Conflict between patents and access to medicine -- Access to medicine as a human right in the WTO order.

This book examines one of the most controversial aspects of the world trading system: patents and access to medication, and offers approaches to tackle the issue of how to better accommodate human rights in the trading system.

ISBN: 9780199552177 0199552177

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA858730 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014595473 Uk

Subjects--Corporate Names:
World Trade Organization.
World Trade Organization.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Patents (International law)
Human rights--Economic aspects.
Human rights--Health aspects.
Right to health.
International trade--Social aspects.
Drugs--Prices.
Drugs--Prices.
Human rights--Economic aspects.
Human rights--Health aspects.
International trade--Social aspects.
Patents (International law)
Right to health.

LC Class. No.: K3240 / .H47

Dewey Class. No.: 346.0486