Property rights, indigenous people and the developing world :

"This work offers an analysis of the Western formal system of private property and its moral justification and explains the relevance of the institution to particular current issues that face aboriginal peoples and the developing world. The subjects under study include broadly: aboriginal land claims; third world development; intellectual property rights and the relatively recent TRIPs agreement (Trade related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights). Within these broad areas we highlight the following concerns: the maintenance of cultural integrity; group autonomy; economic benefit; access to health care; biodiversity; biopiracy and even the independence of the recently emerged third world nation states. Despite certain apparent advantages from embracing the Western institution of private ownership, the text explains that the Western institution of private property is undergoing a fundamental redefinition through the expansion." -- Provided by publisher

Call Number: 
K3248 .L36 L43 2008
Title Responsibility: 
By David Lea.
Author Information: 
David R. Lea is Professor of Philosophy at the American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. He has published extensively on the issue of ownership rights and its relationship to development from a philosophical perspective.
Production Place: 
Leiden ; Boston :
Producer: 
M. Nijhoff Publishers,
Production Date: 
2008
Band Tribe Geography Time: 
Multiple Nations
Reviews: 

Koivurova, Timo. "Property Rights, Indigenous People and the Developing World: Issues from Aboriginal Entitlement to Intellectual Ownership Rights." International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, Winter 2010, pp. 187-195. Book Review Index Plus, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A230781146/BRIP?u=utoronto_main&sid=B....

Catalogue Key: 
6501791
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