A Philosophy of Intellectual Property

ISBN-13: 9781138254701 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 272 str.

Peter Drahos

Opis

This book argues that intellectual property rights are duty-bearing privileges. Drawing on the work of, amongst others, Grotius, Locke and Hegel, as well as the law of several countries, the book argues that the use of these privileges should be guided by an instrumentalism based on a principle of humanism.

Recenzje

’Legal scholars, law students and intellectual property lawyers will find this provocative book to be of great interest.’ Bimonthly Review of Law Books ’...this publication has much to offer students, scholars and practitioners of law, philosophy, economics and sociology in reading a broader understanding of the dimensions of intellectual property...a work of great insight...a unique and worthy contribution.’ Prometheus

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction; Justifying Intellectual Property: Back to the Beginning; Locke, Labour and the Intellectual Commons; Hegel: The Spirit of Intellectual Property; Abstract Objects in Productive Life: Marx’s Story; Property, Opportunity and Self-Interest; The Power of Abstract Objects; The Justice of Information; Intellectual Property: For Instrumentalism, Against Proprietarianism.

O autorze

Peter Drahos