This book - one in the four-volume set, Global Governance and the Quest for Justice - focuses on human rights in the context of -globalization- together with the principle of -respect for human rights and human dignity- viewed as one of the foundational commitments of a legitimate scheme of global governance. The first part of the book deals with the ways in which globalization has an impact on established commitments to respect human rights. When human rights are set against, or alongside, potentially competing priorities, such as -security- or -economy-, how well do they fare? Does it make...

This book provides up-to-date information on developments in global intellectual property law and policy and their impact on regional economic and cultural development.