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Human rights and the WTO : the case of patents and access to medicines / by Holger Hestermeyer.

By: Material type: TextSeries: International economic law seriesPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: xxxvi, 369 pages ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780199552177
  • 0199552177
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 346.0486 22
LOC classification:
  • K3240 .H47
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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