National intellectual property laws can also include TRIPS-plus rules that go beyond what is required by TRIPS. We aimed to systematically review literature that measures the impact of intellectual property rules on access to medicines, whether implemented as a result of TRIPS, TRIPS-plus provisions...
The Chapter’s title reflects technology’s impact on the evolution of legal instruments and professions. I will delve into this topic in the final section, as it invites an open interpretation. This new landscape transforms the social space’s legal framework, distinct from the nineteenth and tw...
We searched Proquest, SCOPUS, Web of Science, PubMed, JSTOR, Westlaw and Lexis Nexis. Peer reviewed articles, government reports and other grey literature were included. Articles were eligible for inclusion if they were quantitative, in English, included a measure of cost, price, availability of ...
With more schools closing as the coronavirus spreads, nearly every state has laws that allow for pandemic response planning, a recent report finds.
Governed by international treaties, constitutional amendments, and a byzantine system of local, state, and federal laws, the nearly half-trillion dollar alcohol beverage industry is one of the most uniquely regulated in the United States. Yet comparatively very little is written on the subject, ...
Yet there is a lot that is interesting in the rest of the piece, besides the portions already quoted. I have been unable to find a link for those who don't have LEXIS/NEXIS (or perhaps WESTLAW). For example, Stephanopoulus says that he raised the idea of killing Saddam Hussein in a...
While I am a proponent of vigorously enforced copyright laws, I also recognize that some copyright owners can be over-aggressive bullies and bring copyright infringement claims that have no merit. Apparently, the California federal courts think so too. The courts ruled that because SOFA’s copyrigh...
"On November 3rd 2000, in a judgement given by Lord Justice LAWS and Mr. Justice GIBBS, our right to return to our Motherland, the Chagos Archipelago, was acknowledged. I was decorated by the President of Mauritius for my achievements concerning the right of the Chagossians to go back to...
The laws of war forbid the deliberate killing of civilians, but so far no one has proved that Israel has deliberately killed civilians. That leaves the proportionality rule, which bars an attack that causes civilian casualties (or property damage) that are “disproportionate” to the attack. ...
Of course, the Google project is not the first one to digitize books or other documents. Important services such as Westlaw and LexisNexis have provided digital access together with sophisticated indexing to legal and government documents for a quarter-century or more. Other online data vendors and...