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Rethinking Education Theft Through The Lens Of Intellectual Property And Human Rights, Peter K. Yu
Rethinking Education Theft Through The Lens Of Intellectual Property And Human Rights, Peter K. Yu
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This Essay problematizes the increased propertization and commodification of education and calls for a rethink of the emergent concept of “education theft” through the lens of intellectual property and human rights. This concept refers to the phenomenon where parents, or legal guardians, enroll children in schools outside their school districts by intentionally violating the residency requirements. The Essay begins by revisiting the debate on intellectual property rights as property rights. It discusses the ill fit between intellectual property law and the traditional property model, the impediments the law has posed to public access to education, and select reforms that have …