Private Power, Public Law

The Globalization of Intellectual Property Rights

Susan K. Sell (George Washington University, Washington DC), Steve Smith, Thomas Biersteker , Chris Brown

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English

Cambridge University Press
27 August 2003

International relations; Macroeconomics; Political economy; Law; International economic & trade law; Intellectual property law

Series: Cambridge Studies in International Relations

Susan K. Sell's book shows how power in international politics is increasingly exercised by private interests rather than governments. In 1994 the WTO adopted the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), which dictated to states how they should regulate the protection of intellectual property. This book argues that TRIPS resulted from lobbying by twelve powerful CEOs of multinational corporations who wished to mould international law to protect their markets. This book examines the politics leading up to TRIPS, the first seven years of its implementation, and the political backlash against TRIPS in the face of the HIV/AIDS crisis. Focusing on global capitalism, ideas, and economic coercion, this work explains the politics behind TRIPS and the controversies created in its wake. It is a fascinating study of the influence of private interests in government decision-making, and in the shaping of the global economy.

By: Susan K. Sell (George Washington University Washington DC)
Series edited by: Steve Smith, Thomas Biersteker, Chris Brown, Phil Cerny
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: No.88
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 360g
ISBN: 9780521525398
ISBN 10: 052152539X
Series: Cambridge Studies in International Relations
Pages: 244
Publication Date: 27 August 2003
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction; 2. Structures, agents, and institutions; 3. US intellectual property rights in historical perspective; 4. The domestic origins of a trade-based approach to intellectual property; 5. The Intellectual Property Committee and transnational mobilization; 6. Life after TRIPS: aggression and opposition; 7. Conclusion: structured agency revisited.

Susan K. Sell is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at The George Washington University. She is the author of Power and Ideas: The North-South Politics of Intellectual Property and Antitrust (1998).

Reviews for Private Power, Public Law: The Globalization of Intellectual Property Rights

'... a very good book ... lucidly and engagingly written as well as being excellently researched.' The King's College Law Journal ...a remarkably gripping narrative that powerfully challenges some traditional beliefs...In addition to providing accessible and concise accounts of the genesis and subsequent development of TRIPS [Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights], Professor Sell also provides additional insights of her own that make her book particularly notable as a resource...This book should have wide appeal to a diverse audience that includes political scientists or international relations theorists, as well as those who are more interested primarily in TRIPS, or the development of international intellectual property law. Emory International Law Review