Property rights, indigenous people and the developing world : issues from aboriginal entitlement to intellectual ownership rights / by David Lea.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-291) and index.

Aboriginal entitlement and conservative theory -- Individual autonomy, group self-determination and the assimilation of indigenous cultures -- Shareholder wealth maximization, multinational corporations and the developing world -- Tully and de Soto on uniformity and diversity -- Customary land tenure and communal holdings -- Custom as law -- Papua New Guinea and the legal methods for maintaining customary land tenure -- Customary land tenure in Fiji : a questionable colonial legacy -- The expansion and restructuring of intellectual property and its implications for the developing world -- The myth of free markets : intellectual property the IT industry, and market freedom in the global arena -- From the Wright Brothers to Microsoft : issues in the moral grounding of intellectual property rights -- A delicate balance : the right to health care, IP rights in pharmaceuticals and TRIPS compliance -- Rights and genetic material in agriculture and human research : two forms of biopiracy?

Offering an analysis of the Western formal system of private property, this book explains the relevance of the institution to issues facing aboriginal peoples. It includes: aboriginal land claims; third world development; intellectual property rights; and the TRIPs agreement (Trade related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights).

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