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Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice Advance Access published online on July 2, 2009
Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, doi:10.1093/jiplp/jpp104
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© The Author (2009). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.

IP in Review

A heroic book

Jane Ginsburg*
International Copyright Law and Policy
Silke von Lewinski
Oxford University Press, 2008
ISBN: 978-0-19-920720-6, Hard cover, pp. 480
Price: £80.00

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This is a heroic book: it concisely covers a vast amount of material, past present, and a few speculations about the future. In one volume, Dr von Lewinski gives us primers on the evolution and rules of the main copyright conventions and of the inclusion (incursion?) of copyright into international trade agreements. She also provides an account of the subsequent evolution of World International Trade Organization initiatives. Finally, she offers a critical assessment of the current state of international copyright law, as well as some projections for the future. The book is the fruit of a monumental endeavour, one only a scholar as deeply familiar with international and comparative copyright law, and as broadly . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Correspondence: * Morton L. Janklow Professor of Literary and Artistic Property Law, Columbia Law School. Email: ginsburg@law.columbia.edu


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