Commodifying Human Life: The Numerus Clausus Principle and Unconventional Property Rights

Commodifying the ‘ Information Age ’ : Intellectual Property Rights , the State and the Internet

This article examines the role of the state and the rule of law in relation to the problem of intellectual property on the Internet. It concludes that the claim that states are no longer effective actors (and hence subjecting to them to political pressure is a waste of time) has conveniently omitted the state’s role as guarantor of the legislative infrastructure that underlies market activity. ...

MEDICAL WORKFORCE IN BELGIUM : ASSESSMENT OF FUTURE SUPPLY AND REQUIREMENTS * Key word: Manpower, planning, health, human resources, Belgium, numerus clausus

Caroline Artoisenet Socio-Economie de la Santé Ecole de la Santé Publique UCL Clos Chapelle-aux-Champs, 30/41 B-1200 Bruxelles Tel.: 32-2-7643098 Mail: [email protected] The regulation of human resources is a controversial subject. In Belgium, after some years of political disputes, student strikes, and procrastination, quotas have been applied to new graduates in medicine (sin...

Writing and Publishing Textbooks and Students' Rights from the Perspective of Islam and Intellectual Property Rights

The right to education, as a basic human right, is essential for all members of society, and its realization requires special facilities and tools. Textbooks are considered to be the most important tool that should be provided to learners and students in an appropriate and standard and comprehensive manner, without discrimination and not for profit. The aim of this study was to determine the st...

Owning the secret of life: biotechnology and property rights revisited.

Intellectual property rights and innovation: Evidence from the human genome.

Do intellectual property (IP) rights on existing technologies hinder subsequent innovation? Using newly-collected data on the sequencing of the human genome by the public Human Genome Project and the private firm Celera, this paper estimates the impact of Celera's gene-level IP on subsequent scientific research and product development. Genes initially sequenced by Celera were held with IP for u...