The IPKat has been taking a good look at Ronan Deazley's new book, Rethinking Copyright: History, Theory, Language, which has been recently published by Edward Elgar. Ronan, formerly on the law teaching staff at the University of Durham, now teaches in the School of Law at the University of Birmingham (UK, not Alabama).
What the publisher says:
"This book aims to provide the reader with a critical insight into the history and theory of copyright within contemporary legal and cultural discourse. It exposes as myth the orthodox history of the development of copyright law in eighteenth-century Britain and explores the way in which that myth became entrenched throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. To this historical analysis are added two theoretical approaches to copyright not otherwise found in mainstream contemporary texts. Rethinking Copyright introduces the reader to copyright through the prism of the public domain before turning to the question as to how best to locate copyright within the parameters of traditional property discourse. Moreover, underpinning these various historical and theoretical strands, the book explores the constitutive power of legal writing and the place of rhetoric in framing and determining contemporary copyright policy and discourse."
Bibliographic details: xiv + 201pp, hardback. ISBNs 1 84542 282 1 and 13 978 1 84542 282 0. Price £55.00 (£49.50 from the publisher's website). No risk of rupture.
Another neat little volume, Concise European Copyright Law, has emanated from the stable of Kluwer Law International. Edited by two eminent European legal scholars Thomas Dreier and Bernt Hugenholtz, it also carries contributions from IP celebrities such as Lionel Bently (Cambridge University) and Dirk Visser (Leiden University/Klos Morel Bos & Schaap), to name but two.
What the publisher says:
"In the rapidly growing information society, copyright law plays a central role in the creation, production, dissemination and use of creative material and the information it contains. In the past 15 years, the European Union has enacted no less than seven Directives aimed at harmonising copyright throughout the internal market.
Concise European Copyright Law aims to offer the reader a rapid understanding of all the provisions of copyright law in force in Europe, which have been enacted at the European and international levels and features:
* Article-by-article commentary on the relevant European directives and international treaties in the field of copyright and neighbouring rights
* Short and straightforward explanations of the principles of law to be drawn from each provision
* Editors and authors who are prominent specialists (academics and practitioners) in the field of European and international copyright law"
Bibliographical details: Hardback, xi + 476 pages. ISBN 9041123849. Price 145 euro. No fear of a rupture - the book's definitely mouse-sized.
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