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Patent Games in the Global South Pharmaceutical Patent Law-Making in Brazil, India and Nigeria


Free Download Patent Games in the Global South: Pharmaceutical Patent Law-Making in Brazil, India and Nigeria By Amaka Vanni
2020 | 240 Pages | ISBN: 1509927395 | PDF | 4 MB
In this thought-provoking analysis, the author takes three examples of emerging markets (Brazil, India, and Nigeria) and tells their stories of pharmaceutical patent law-making.Adopting historiographical and socio-legal approaches, focus is drawn to the role of history, social networks and how relationships between a variety of actors shape the framing of, and subsequently the responses to, national implementation of international patent law. In doing so, the book reveals why the experience of Nigeria – a country active in opposing the inclusion of IP to the WTO framework during the Uruguay Rounds – is so different from that of Brazil and India.This book makes an original and useful contribution to the further understanding of how both states and non-state actors conceptualise, establish and interpret pharmaceutical patents law, and its domestic implications on medicines access, public health and development. Patent Games in the Global South was awarded the 2018 SIEL-Hart Prize in International Economic Law.

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Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up


Free Download Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? By John R. Powers; Tom McGrath; Amy Welborn
2005 | 312 Pages | ISBN: 0829421432 | EPUB | 1 MB
"Hilarious, touching, beautiful . . ." -Detroit News"A totally enjoyable novel with at least one laugh on every page." -Fresno Bee". . . you’ll never forget it." -Publishers WeeklyGrowing up on Chicago’s South Side in the 1960s, Eddie Ryan is learning a lot-and not just from the Brothers at his all-boys Catholic high school. Eddie’s world is populated by peculiar adults, oddball classmates, and puzzling girls-the greatest mystery of all. He takes it all in through the prism of his Catholic upbringing, which often deepens the mystery, but sometimes clarifies it, too. Entering Eddie Ryan’s world will delight not only readers who grew up there with him, but also those too young to remember.This new edition ofDo Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?includes a new introduction as well as discussion questions designed to help deepen the reading experience for both individuals and reading groups.

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