Patent rights on pharmaceutical products are one of the factors responsible for the lack of access to affordable medicines in developing countries. In this work

Transnational Legal Orders offers an empirically grounded approach to the emergence of legal orders beyond nation-states that reframes the study of law and soci

This book examines one of the most controversial aspects of the world trading system: patents and access to medication, and offers approaches to tackle the issu

An exploration of the tension between human rights and patent law, with reference to developing countries' access to affordable medicines.

Millions of people around the world do not have access to the medicines they need to treat disease or alleviate suffering. Strict patent regimes introduced foll