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Human rights and the WTO : the case of patents and access to medicines / Holger Hestermeyer.
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Title:Human rights and the WTO : the case of patents and access to medicines / Holger Hestermeyer.
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Author/Creator:Hestermeyer, Holger.
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Published/Created:Oxford ; Toronto : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
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Call Number: K3240 .H475 2007 (LC)
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:World Trade Organization.
Human rights--Economic aspects.
Patents (International law)
Drugs--Prices.
International trade--Social aspects.
Social responsibility of business.
Right to health.
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Description:xxxvi, 369 p. ; 24 cm.
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [312]-360) and index.
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ISBN:0199215200 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780199215201 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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Contents:1. Background of the debate
2. Patent law
3. Access to medicine as a human right
4. Conflict between patents and access to medicine
5. Access to medicine as a human right in the WTO order
Annex 1. Summary of arguments
Annex 2. States and their membership in relevant organizations and agreements
Annex 3. WTO disputes on the TRIPS agreement.