The World Trade Organization Knowledge Agreements
2nd Edition
Published on 24. April 2008
Book
Hardback
548 pages
978-0-521-88123-4 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
'This book shines a torch on two of the most important multilateral agreements sponsored by the World Trade Organisation, viz the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) which together regulate trade in knowledge. As well as analysing the provisions of these instruments, it provides an assessment of how they have worked in practice over the thirteen years during which they have been in existence. The assessment is aided by case studies on three important subjects - legal services, generic codes/essential medicine and on-line media. Arup adopts an approach which is as balanced as it is rigourous, making this a very valuable source of reference in this important field.' Commonwealth Lawyer's Association and ContributorsMore details
Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
1031 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-88123-4 (9780521881234)
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Additional editions
Christopher Arup
The World Trade Organization Knowledge Agreements
E-Book
02/2010
2nd Edition
Cambridge University Press
€38.49
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Previous edition
Christopher Arup
The New World Trade Organization Agreements
Globalizing Law through Services and Intellectual Property
Book
08/2000
Cambridge University Press
€59.42
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Person
Christopher Arup is Professor of Business Law at the Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University.
Content
Part I. Globalization, Law and the WTO: 1. Trade law as a global mediator; 2. A global context; 3. The World Trade Organization; Part II. Services: 4. The general agreement on trade in services; 5. The case of legal services; Part III. Intellectual Property: 6. The agreement on trade-related intellectual property rights; 7. The case of genetic codes; Part IV. Convergence: 8. The case of communications media.