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Harmonising copyright law and dealing with dissonance : a framework for convergence of US and EU law / Sheldon W. Halpern, Phillip Johnson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Halpern, Sheldon W., author.
- Johnson, Phillip, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Copyright.
- Copyright--United States.
- Copyright--European Union countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, [England] ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The highly-regarded authors of this important work explore the constitutional, institutional, and cultural barriers to harmonisation of the copyright laws of the United States and the European Union. They consider these matters in the real world transnational environment in which copyright law operates and suggest that the reality transcends the differences, offering a framework for meaningful harmonisation.
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; 1. Harmony, policy and power; 2. Minimum standards and international codes; 3. Why we don't play well with others: US constitutional constraints on harmonisation of copyright law; 4. If there is a will, there is a way ...: the broad legislative competence of the European Union; 5. A framework for harmonisation; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78254-419-4
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