The International Law and Policy of Human Welfare

This book examines the development of the concept of intellectual property in the United States during the nineteenth century.

Introduction -- Ibn Nujaym : The Father of Late Ḥanafism? -- "The Sulṭan Says" : Ottoman Sultanic Authority in Late Ḥanafī Tradition -- Ottoman Rationale

This is the first book to explore the concept of 'Grotian Moments'. Named for Hugo Grotius, whose masterpiece De jure belli ac pacis helped marshal in the moder