An Islamic vision of intellectual property : theory and practice / Ezieddin Elmahjub.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elmahjub, Ezieddin, 1986- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectual property (Islamic law).

Copyright (Islamic law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 202 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

For over a century, intellectual property (IP) regimes have been justified using Western philosophical theories rooted in the idea that IP must reward talent and maximize global stocks of knowledge and cultural products. Reframing IP in a context of legal pluralism, Ezieddin Elmahjub brings an Islamic and comparative narrative to the appropriate design and scope of IP rights, and in doing so criticizes the dominance of Western influence on a global regime that impacts the ability of people to access medicine, to read, to imagine, and to reshape popular culture. The Islamic vision of IP, which is based on a broad theory of social justice, maintains that IP cannot simply be seen as a reward for effort or tool to maximize economic efficiency but as one legal right within a complicated distributive scheme affecting fundamental human rights, equal opportunities, and human capabilities.

Contents:

An Islamic vision of IP

The structure of Islamic doctrine and the search for the social good

Justifying IP under Islamic doctrine

Social good in Islamic doctrine and IP in practice

IP and the Islamic principles of justice

Islamic vision on IP and the distribution of intangible resources

Fair IP landscape.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Feb 2019).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781316863398

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