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TY - JOUR
T1 - Cosmopolitan legalism meets thin community : problems in the global governance of intellectual property.
AU - May, Christopher
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - The making of knowledge and information into property, through intellectual property rights (IPRs) has commonly been justified using a set of cosmopolitan norms. These norms of justification have been extensively deployed within the structures of global governance for IPRs. However, the political community that underpins such norms in national jurisdictions is lacking at the global level. Many of the political problems now recognized with the globalized protection of IPRs stem from this tension between cosmopolitan legalism and the contemporary ‘thin’ global community.
AB - The making of knowledge and information into property, through intellectual property rights (IPRs) has commonly been justified using a set of cosmopolitan norms. These norms of justification have been extensively deployed within the structures of global governance for IPRs. However, the political community that underpins such norms in national jurisdictions is lacking at the global level. Many of the political problems now recognized with the globalized protection of IPRs stem from this tension between cosmopolitan legalism and the contemporary ‘thin’ global community.
U2 - 10.1111/j.1477-7053.2004.000128.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1477-7053.2004.000128.x
M3 - Journal article
VL - 39
SP - 393
EP - 422
JO - Government and Opposition
JF - Government and Opposition
SN - 0017-257X
IS - 3
ER -