Hestermeyer, Holger.

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.

346.0486 / HES