Title
To Steal a Book Is an Elegant Offense: Intellectual Property Law in Chinese Civilization - Paperback
by William P. Alford (Author)
This sweeping study examines the law of intellectual property in Chinese civilization from imperial days to the present. It uses materials drawn from law, the arts and other fields as well as extensive interviews with Chinese and foreign officials, business people, lawyers, and perpetrators and victims of "piracy."
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This ambitious, pioneering work makes available a wealth of new material. It is presented in a richly textured context of the forces--historical, cultural, and political--that have shaped China's approach to the drafting and enforcement of legislation relating to copyrights, patents, and trademarks. Scholars of Chinese law and comparative law and specialists in the law of intellectual property will welcome its publication.--R. Randle Edwards, Columbia University School of Law
"Alford offers a rich mine of materials for those studying intellectual property rights in China. Reviewing Chinese civilization from imperial days to the present, he seeks to answer why intellectual property law has never taken hold in China."--Choice
by William P. Alford (Author)
This sweeping study examines the law of intellectual property in Chinese civilization from imperial days to the present. It uses materials drawn from law, the arts and other fields as well as extensive interviews with Chinese and foreign officials, business people, lawyers, and perpetrators and victims of "piracy."
Back Jacket
This ambitious, pioneering work makes available a wealth of new material. It is presented in a richly textured context of the forces--historical, cultural, and political--that have shaped China's approach to the drafting and enforcement of legislation relating to copyrights, patents, and trademarks. Scholars of Chinese law and comparative law and specialists in the law of intellectual property will welcome its publication.--R. Randle Edwards, Columbia University School of Law
"Alford offers a rich mine of materials for those studying intellectual property rights in China. Reviewing Chinese civilization from imperial days to the present, he seeks to answer why intellectual property law has never taken hold in China."--Choice
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