Private Law Theory

“New from Cambridge University Press: Owning Ideas: The Intellectual Origins of American Intellectual Property, 1790–1909, by Oren Bracha (University of Texas, Austin). A description from the Press: ‘Owning Ideas is a comprehensive account of the emergence of the concept of intellectual property in the United States during the long nineteenth century. In the modern information era, intellectual property has become a central economic and cultural phenomenon and an important lever for allocating wealth and power …'” (more)

[Legal History Blog, 7 December]

First posted 2016-12-07 07:59:15