Access to vs. exclusion from knowledge: Intellectual property, efficiency and social justice

Intellectual Property and Theories of Justice

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 73-93

  Ramello, Giovanni Battista ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

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EID: 84996457050     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-230-58239-2     Document Type: Chapter

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