Author: Aaron Fichtelberg File Type: pdf Two central questions are at the core of international legal theory What is international law?, and Is international law really law?This volume examines these critical questions and the philosophical foundations of modern international law using the tools of Anglo-American legal theory and western political thought. Engaging with both contemporary and historical legal theory and with an analysis of international law in action, the book builds an understanding and theory of law from the perspective of those who actually use this legal system and understand it, rather than constructing an artificial system from the standpoint of political scientists and moral philosophers. Law at the Vanishing Point provides a fascinating new challenge to those who reduce international law either to ethics or to politics and provides a critical new appraisal of its power as an independent force in human social relations.**

Author: Douglas R. Holmes File Type: pdf

Author: Paul Heger File Type: pdf Women in the Bible, Qumran and Early Rabbinic Literature Their Status and Roles explores the different attitudes toward the womans guilt for the expulsion from the Garden and humans calamities and the legal ramifications of her lower social and legal status regarding independence, ownership and membership in the community.

Author: Elizabeth Siew-Kuan Ng File Type: pdf The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is actively seeking ways for member countries to enhance their individual economic development within the context of overall regional advancement. Central to this is the creation of a regional intellectual property framework. This book examines the efforts to move beyond sovereign protections of intellectual property rights and establish meaningful inter-state cooperation on intellectual property issues. Rather than aim for IP harmonization, ASEAN recognizes its internal diversity and pursues an agenda of IP Interoperability. The essays in this collection examine the unique dynamics of interoperability, analyzing the administration of intellectual property in a part of the world that is of increasing importance. The book enables the reader to compare and contrast the ASEAN model to other approaches in regional cooperation, such as Europe and Latin America, and also explores private international law as a potential vehicle for interoperability. **Review Advance praise [International Intellectual Property and the ASEAN Way Pathways to Interoperability] is a very innovative collection of scholarly works on a rather archaic area of ASEAN economic integration efforts. The authors take into consideration the diversity of intellectual property regime and proposed a series of pathways forward within that woefully uneven IP terrain. The end result is a very convincing concept of IP interoperability as a first step on the long journey towards a more robust and unified set of standards for intellectual property protection in an emerging AEC. ... a major contribution within the myriad limitations and variation of legal regimes in ASEAN. Surin Pitsuwan, former Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2008-12) Advance praise We live in a moment of upheaval and uncertainty, with increasing awareness of the costs associated with a one-size-fits-all approach to intellectual property rights. As the pendulum swings away from a commitment to worldwide harmonization, an intriguing alternative has emerged the ASEAN model of interoperability. The ASEAN Way, introduced in this excellent collection of essays, defines a common set of IP-related values while respecting and accommodating countries cultural and economic differences. This volume should be required reading for anyone involved in charting the future course of global IP policy. Stacey Dogan, Boston University School of Law Advance praise This examination of a range of intellectual property issues occurring in ASEAN countries offers a detailed analysis of national laws in an increasingly important region of the world. But it also explores how the concept of interoperability functions in each of legislative, judicial and administrative settings, presenting a mechanism for reconciling respect for national diversity with demands for greater commonality. The editors present an optimistic vision for what can be achieved in tackling this most central dilemma of international intellectual property law, which is a helpful intellectual provocation as more longstanding mechanisms of international law struggle to make progress on that dilemma. Graeme B. Dinwoodie, University of Oxford Book Description This volume proposes a new and original interoperability agenda based on cooperation using the ASEAN Way as a possible solution for regional and international integration of intellectual property laws. It features leading thinkers who draw on their expertise from Southeast Asian jurisdictions that are too seldom discussed in intellectual property commentary.