Human rights and the WTO : the case of patents and access to medicines /
Holger Hestermeyer.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- xxxvi, 369 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [312]-360) and index.
Table of cases (selection). - Table of Laws and Treaties (selection). - List of Abbreviations. - Introduction. - 1. Background of the debate. - 2. Patent law. - 3. Access to medicine as a human right. - 4. Conflict between patents and access to medicine. - 5. Access to medicine as a human right in the WTO order. - Bibliography. - Index.
0199215200 (hbk.) 9780199215201 (hbk.)
World Trade Organization.
Human rights--Economic aspects. Patents (International law) Drugs--Prices. International trade--Social aspects. Social responsibility of business. Right to health.