Laura R. Ford (New York Bard College)

The Intellectual Property of Nations

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on legal and sociological history, this book traces how intellectual property emerged as part of the modern nation-state system. This sweeping analysis is for undergraduates and scholars interested in the relationship between legal and social change, as well as the links between culture, social structures, and economy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 442
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9781316648483
• ISBN-10: 1316648486
• Artikelnr.: 60798648

Autorenporträt

Laura R. Ford is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Bard College. Professor Ford is a former attorney turned sociologist, specializing in historical sociology and the sociological theory of Max Weber.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Legal Institutions and Social Power: Setting the Stage
2. Legal Orders and Social Performance: Founding Facebook
3. Instruments of Legal Power in the Roman Republic
4. Semantic Legal Ordering: Idealizing Roman Law
5. Cultural Transformations: Christianizing Legal Power
6. Privileges and Immunities in a Sacramentalizing Order
7. Administrative Kingship and Covenantal Bonds: Early Roots of Intellectual Property in England
8. Intellectual Property in a Nationalizing Order
9. Cultural Transformations: Naturalizing Intellectual Property
10. Semantic Legal Ordering: Idealizing Intellectual Property
11. Instruments of Legal Power in the American Republic
12. Legal Institutions and Social Performance: Founding a Global Order
Conclusion - The Intellectual Property of Nations.