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Indigenous Cultural Heritage and Intellectual Property Rights: Learning from the New Zealand Experience?
Jessica Christine Lai
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Description for Indigenous Cultural Heritage and Intellectual Property Rights: Learning from the New Zealand Experience?
Hardcover. Using the example of New Zealand's Maori, this book shows how intangible aspects of indigenous cultural heritage, and the tangible objects that hold them, can be protected using existing intellectual property, consumer protection, human rights and other laws. Num Pages: 327 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPVH; LBBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 654.
Now more than ever, indigenous peoples’ interests in their cultural heritage are in the spotlight. Yet, there is very little literature that comprehensively discusses how existing laws can and cannot be used to address indigenous peoples’ interests. This book assesses how intangible aspects of indigenous cultural heritage (and the tangible objects that hold them) can be protected, within the realm of a broad range of existing legal orders, including intellectual property and related rights, consumer protection law, common law and equitable doctrines, and human rights. It does so by focusing on the New Zealand Māori. The book also looks to ... Read more
Now more than ever, indigenous peoples’ interests in their cultural heritage are in the spotlight. Yet, there is very little literature that comprehensively discusses how existing laws can and cannot be used to address indigenous peoples’ interests. This book assesses how intangible aspects of indigenous cultural heritage (and the tangible objects that hold them) can be protected, within the realm of a broad range of existing legal orders, including intellectual property and related rights, consumer protection law, common law and equitable doctrines, and human rights. It does so by focusing on the New Zealand Māori. The book also looks to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Number of Pages
327
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319029542
SKU
V9783319029542
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Indigenous Cultural Heritage and Intellectual Property Rights: Learning from the New Zealand Experience?
“The primary focus of this excellent book is an examination of the capacity of intellectual property (IP) law to assist in the preservation and protection of Māori cultural heritage. … This is a very well-researched book, with numerous references at the end of each chapter.” (Michael Blakeney, European Intellectual Property Review (EIPR), Vol. 37 (4), 2015)