Noted animal law expert Michael Kaiser discusses the histories and methodologies of the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front. The paper also discusses the pros and cons of extra-legal activism. The author, Michael Kaiser, is president of the Kaiser Legal Group. His involvement...

This chapter will analyze arguments that the World Trade Organization (WTO) suffers from a 'democratic deficit', which casts doubt on the legitimacy and desirability of its rules and policies. First this chapter outlines teh two strands of this accusation of 'democratic deficit'. That is: 1....

In May 2008, the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework for the Sharing of Influenza Viruses and Access to Vaccines and Other Benefits (PIP Framework). The PIP Framework’s adoption ended years of difficult negotiations, which began after Indonesia...

This contains the Table of Contents and Introduction for a book retracing the origins of Geographical Indications (GI) protection and the process by which they have emerged as a distinct category of subject matter within international Intellectual Property (IP) law. It sets out to locate GIs...

The purpose of this paper is to outline the circumstances in which telecommunications data can be lawfully accessed for national security and law enforcement purposes, and to consider whether this access regime sacrifices individual privacy to an unacceptable extent. Since privacy is the primary...

For many producers and consumers, geographical indications (GIs) are more than mere economic tools as in many cases they also represent the historical and social identity of particular communities located in a particular territory. However, other interested producers and consumers, because of...

Director-General Margaret Chan recently called the WHO overextended and unable to respond with speed and agility to today’s global health challenges. Given the importance of global health cooperation, few would dispute that a stronger, more effective WHO would benefit all. In this commentary,...

This paper seeks to identify a harmonious relationship between existing intellectual property law and biodiversity law through various international efforts relating to traditional medicine; and to discuss strategies for protecting traditional medicine knowledge, resources and biodiversity in...

Access to essential medicines is a critical problem that plagues many developing countries. With a daunting number of domestic constraints technologically, economically, and otherwise, developing countries are faced with a steep uphill battle to meet the human rights obligation of providing...