Introduction: Culture and Freedom

M. Sunder, From Goods to a Good Life: Intellectual Property and Global Justice, Yale University Press, 2012

UC Davis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 296

23 Pages Posted: 17 May 2012 Last revised: 11 Dec 2012

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Madhavi Sunder

Georgetown University Law Center

Date Written: May 16, 2012

Abstract

Most scholarship on intellectual property considers this law from the standpoint of law and economics. Under this conventional wisdom, intellectual property is simply a tool for promoting innovative products, from iPods to R2D2. In this highly original book Madhavi Sunder calls for a richer understanding of intellectual property law’s effects on social and cultural life. Intellectual property does more than incentivize the production of more goods. This law fundamentally affects the ability of citizens to live a good life. Intellectual property law governs the abilities of human beings to make and share culture, and to profit from this enterprise in a global Knowledge economy. This book turns to social and cultural theory to more fully explore the deep connections between cultural production and human freedom.

Keywords: Intellectual Property, International Intellectual Property, Globalization, Law and Development, Law and Culture, Law and Humanities, Property Law

Suggested Citation

Sunder, Madhavi, Introduction: Culture and Freedom (May 16, 2012). M. Sunder, From Goods to a Good Life: Intellectual Property and Global Justice, Yale University Press, 2012, UC Davis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 296, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2061310 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2061310

Madhavi Sunder (Contact Author)

Georgetown University Law Center ( email )

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Washington, DC 20001
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