Placing himself at the crossroads of economics, law, and sociology, Christian Bessy investigates the contemporary transformation of intellectual property rights (IPR) with the emergence of new conventions for their valuation. He demonstrates how entities previously considered inappropriate have now become the object of property rights by means of a creeping legal codification and generate inequalities.
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1. Introduction to Expropriation by Law 2. Economic and legal controversies around IPRs 3. Conventions for patent use and legal intermediaries 4. The competition–cooperation of IP lawyers and IP consultants 5. The construction of European patent law by legal intermediaries 6. The politics of inventors 7. The appropriation of creative work 8. Conclusion to Expropriation by Law Index