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Virtual Power Politics, James Grimmelmann Oct 2006

Virtual Power Politics, James Grimmelmann

James Grimmelmann

Software-based rules are not automatically normative in virtual worlds. The feature-bug ambiguity always means that the social meaning of the "rules" is subject to negotiation and to political dispute. I illustrate this claim with an analysis of exploits.


Expert On Sex Trafficking Contributes To Passage Of Historic New Law Jan 2006

Expert On Sex Trafficking Contributes To Passage Of Historic New Law

Donna M. Hughes

No abstract provided.


Facilitating Compulsory Licensing Under Trips In Response To The Aids Crisis In Developing Countries, Hans Henrik Lidgard, Jeffery Atik Dec 2005

Facilitating Compulsory Licensing Under Trips In Response To The Aids Crisis In Developing Countries, Hans Henrik Lidgard, Jeffery Atik

Hans Henrik Lidgard

The AIDS crisis in the developing world has become a priority for international collaboration. The challenge is to find a balance between the acknowledged need to protect large investments expended in developing new medicines and the goal of providing essential medicines to poor countries. Patent protection must prevent undue infringement yet at the same time allow solutions to humanitarian needs. Is compulsory licensing a way out? TRIPS originally restricted compulsory manufacturing licenses to the country experiencing a public health emergency – which was of little utility to countries lacking manufacturing capacity. The Doha agreement effectively permits twinned compulsory licensing – …


The "Modernisation" Of European Community Competition Law: Achieving Consistency In Enforcement-Part Ii (With P. Cassinis), David J. Gerber Dec 2005

The "Modernisation" Of European Community Competition Law: Achieving Consistency In Enforcement-Part Ii (With P. Cassinis), David J. Gerber

David J. Gerber

No abstract provided.


Principles Of Law, Marios Papaloukas Dec 2005

Principles Of Law, Marios Papaloukas

Marios Papaloukas

This book by Assist. Professor Marios Papaloukas is an introduction to law. It does not however merely present the different legal areas but instead it starts by describing the origins of law from a historical point of view and ends by discovering the legal principles and legal doctrines that lie behind the legal provisions.