The Cunning of Rights - Rajshree Chandra

The Cunning of Rights

Law, Life, Biocultures
Buch | Hardcover
280 Seiten
2016
OUP India (Verlag)
978-0-19-945976-6 (ISBN)
36,15 inkl. MwSt
This book analyses the theoretical and philosophical frames of new (biotic) property, and assesses how its altered metaphysics inscribes itself in the politics of genetic resources. It probes how rights get framed within and by law and attempts to uncover the cunning or duplicitous nature of these rightsthe chasm between their intended benefits and their actual outcomes.
As newer forms of intellectual propertyseeds, germplasm, genetic resources, plant varietiesmaterialize through advancements in biotechnology, a variety of entitlements, claims, and imaginations of citizenship are bred, mimicking the hybrid culture of genetic configurations.

This book analyses the theoretical and philosophical frames of new (biotic) property, and assesses how its altered metaphysics inscribes itself in the politics of genetic resources. It probes how rights get framed within and by law, in the diverse yet closely interrelated aspects of social, cultural, and biological life. In particular, the book focuses on biocultural entitlements of farming and indigenous communitiespeople who are at a distance from the global networks of trade, politics, science, and technology. It explores the terms on which the interests of these indigenous communities are included and institutionalized as well as the degrees of exclusion and stratification that accompany them. It attempts to uncover the cunning or duplicitous nature of these rightsthe chasm between their intended benefits and their actual outcomes.

Rajshree Chandra is Senior Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India. She also teaches Political Science at Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi, India.

PART I; THE MAKING OF BIOTIC PROPERTY; PART II; THE JURISDICTION OF RIGHTS

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort New Delhi
Sprache englisch
Maße 143 x 231 mm
Gewicht 478 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Genetik / Molekularbiologie
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Wirtschaftsrecht Urheberrecht
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Theorie
Technik Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10 0-19-945976-2 / 0199459762
ISBN-13 978-0-19-945976-6 / 9780199459766
Zustand Neuware
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