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Copyright Law: Volume I: The Scope and Historical Context
Discusses how proprietary notions increasingly dominated copyright legal principles, with consequences for information dissemination in modern times. This title covers the period to 1850, and begins with extracts from Roman law and early Christian and medieval teaching on ownership.
| Author(s) | By Benedict Atkinson. Edited by, Brian Fitzgerald. |
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| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 596 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 14 Dec 2011 |
| Availability | Available |
Discusses how proprietary notions increasingly dominated copyright legal principles, with consequences for information dissemination in modern times. This title covers the period to 1850, and begins with extracts from Roman law and early Christian and medieval teaching on ownership.
Contents: Introduction: the origins of copyright law; Part I The Origins of Copyright: (i) Possession and Exclusion: States ideal and real: community of property, Plato; The ownership of property, Aristotle; The law of things, Rudolph Sohm; Method followe
Benedict Atkinson is Research Fellow at the Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Brian Fitzgerald is Professor of Intellectual Property and Innovation, School of Law, Queensland Unive
