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Primitive Accumulation And Enclosure Of The Commons: Genetically Engineered Seeds And Canadian Jurisprudence, Wilhelm Peekhaus Oct 2011

Primitive Accumulation And Enclosure Of The Commons: Genetically Engineered Seeds And Canadian Jurisprudence, Wilhelm Peekhaus

Wilhelm Peekhaus

This paper juxtaposes the legal decisions made in the case of Percy Schmeiser, who was sued by Monsanto for patent infringement, against the attempt by the Organic Agriculture Protection Fund to obtain class certification in its efforts to sue Monsanto and Bayer for genetic contamination of organic canola. Together these two cases establish an unacceptable incongruity at common law between the rights enjoyed by intellectual property owners and any corresponding duties that might attach to their inventions. I suggest that Marx’s concept of primitive accumulation offers a suitable theoretical register for apprehending contemporary erosions of the commons through the enclosure …

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Crossing Borders. Transnational Activism In European Social Movements, Mario Pianta, Raffaele Marchetti, Duccio Zola Dec 2008

Crossing Borders. Transnational Activism In European Social Movements, Mario Pianta, Raffaele Marchetti, Duccio Zola

Mario Pianta

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Global Justice Movements. The Transnational Dimension, Mario Pianta, Raffaele Marchetti Dec 2006

Global Justice Movements. The Transnational Dimension, Mario Pianta, Raffaele Marchetti

Mario Pianta

No abstract provided.

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Un World Summits And Civil Society. The State Of Art, Mario Pianta Dec 2004

Un World Summits And Civil Society. The State Of Art, Mario Pianta

Mario Pianta

No abstract provided.

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Globalisers From Below. A Survey On Global Civil Societ Organisations, Mario Pianta, Federico Silva Dec 2002

Globalisers From Below. A Survey On Global Civil Societ Organisations, Mario Pianta, Federico Silva

Mario Pianta

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Globalizzazione Dal Basso. Economia Mondiale E Movimenti Sociali, Mario Pianta Dec 2000

Globalizzazione Dal Basso. Economia Mondiale E Movimenti Sociali, Mario Pianta

Mario Pianta

No abstract provided.

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Parallel Summits Of Global Civil Society, Mario Pianta Dec 2000

Parallel Summits Of Global Civil Society, Mario Pianta

Mario Pianta

No abstract provided.

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