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1 online resource (390 pages). |
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text file |
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International Studies in Human Rights
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International studies in human rights.
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| Contents |
Abstract; Preface; Acknowledgement; Chapter 1 Introduction; I. The Issue; II. Approach to the Argument of this Book; III. Focus of this Book; IV. Scheme of this Book; Part One Preliminary; Chapter 2 The International Human Rights Context; I. The Right to Health in International Law; A. Wide Recognition; 1. International Recognition; 2. National Recognition; 3. Significance of the Recognition; B. Scope and Content of the Right to Health; 1. Scope; 2. Elements in Content; (a) Curative and Preventive Elements; (b) Underlying Preconditions; (c) Essential Elements. |
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3. Obligations of States(a) Legal Obligations; (i) To Respect; (ii) To Protect; (iii) To Fulfil; (b) International Obligations; (c) Core Obligations; 4. Summary; C. Public Health under the Right to Health; 1. The Right to Health Originates from Public Health; 2. The Right to Health Realises Public Health; 3. The Right to Health Depends on Public Health; 4. The Right to Health Limits other Rights under Public Health; II. The Right to Life in International Law -- Refusal of Access to Life-Saving Facilities; A. The Right to Life; 1. Scope of the Right to Life; 2. Content of the Right to Life. |
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B. Relationship between the Right to Life and the Right to HealthC. Summary; III. The Right to Property and the Right to Fruits of Creation; A. The Rights; 1. The Right to Property and Intellectual Property Rights; (a) The Right to Property; (b) Scope; (c) Content; (i) Peaceful Enjoyment; (ii) Interference with Property; (iii) Legality of Interference; (d) The Implication; (i) Compulsory Licensing Interference; (ii) Status of the Norm; 2. The Right to Fruits of Creation and Patent Rights; (a) UDHR and ICESCR; (b) Scope and Content; (c) Summary; B. Human Rights Approach to Patents. |
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1. History and Justification of Patent Protection(a) The Development of Patent Protection; (b) Justifications; 2. Connections between Human Rights and Patent; (a) Views; (b) Relationships between the Two Regimes; (i) Right to the Benefits of Scientific Progress and Patent; (ii) Balance with Other Human Rights; Chapter 3 Conflict or Coexistence between Human Rights Norms and TRIPS; I. TRIPS and the Right to Health; A. The History of TRIPS; B. Patent Protection in TRIPS and the Right to Health; 1. Intellectual Property Protection in TRIPS. |
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2. Pharmaceutical Patent Protection and the Right to Health(a) Article 27 (1) -- Non-discrimination; (b) Article 27(2) -- The Exclusion and Its Proviso; (c) Article 8(1) -- The Principles and The "Limitation"; II. Limitation and Derogation in the Regimes -- an Internal Mechanism; A. Limitation and Derogation in Human Rights; 1. Limitation; (a) Clauses; (b) Elements; (i) Principle of Legality; (ii) General Welfare in Democratic Society; (c) Grounds; (i) Public Order and Ordre Public; (ii) Morality and Public Morals; (iii) Public Health; 2. Derogation -- Public Emergency; 3. Application. |
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B. Use of Limitation and Derogation Language in TRIPS. |
| Summary |
This book analyses the relationship between the TRIPS Agreement and the right to health and relevant human rights norms by using the tools of treaty interpretation of public international law. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (1994 April 15)
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Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (1994 April 15) |
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Foreign trade regulation -- Health aspects.
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Foreign trade regulation. |
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Patent laws and legislation.
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Patent laws and legislation. |
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Right to health.
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Right to health. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Xiong, Ping. An International Law Perspective on the Protection of Human Rights in the TRIPS Agreement : An Interpretation of the TRIPS Agreement in Relation to the Right to Health. Leiden : BRILL, ©2012 9789004211971 |
| ISBN |
9789004226593 (electronic book) |
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9004226591 (electronic book) |
