From goods to a good life : intellectual property and global justice / Madhavi Sunder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sunder, Madhavi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectual property.

Justice.

Law and globalization.

International law--Philosophy.

International law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this pioneering book Madhavi Sunder calls for a richer understanding of the effects of intellectual property law on social and cultural life. Although most scholarship on intellectual property considers this law as it relates to economics, it is first and foremost a tool for promoting innovative products, from iPods to R2D2. More than incentivizing the production of more goods, intellectual property law fundamentally affects the ability of citizens to live a good life. It governs the abilities of human beings to make and share culture, and to profit from this enterprise in a global Knowledge economy. This book turns to social and cultural theory to more fully explore the deep connections between cultural production and human freedom.

Contents:

Front matter

contents

introduction: culture and freedom

chapter one. Beyond Incentives

chapter two. Bespoke Culture

chapter three. Fair Culture

chapter four. Everyone's a Superhero

chapter five .Can Intellectual Property Help the Poor?

chapter six .Bollywood /Hollywood

chapter seven. An Issue of Life or Death

acknowledgments

index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-67801-1

9786613654946

0-300-18355-0

OCLC:

797815139