The cunning of rights : law, life, biocultures / Rajshree Chandra.

By:

Chandra, Rajshree [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2016Edition: First editionDescription: xxxiv, 244 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780199459766 (hardback)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

346.0469534 CHA 23 010584

Contents:

The making of biotic property. Inventing life Inscribing life in law Framing a new moral economy The jurisdiction of rights. Benefits Privileges Rights From legal pluralism to political culturalism.

Summary: This work analyses the theoretical and philosophical frames of new (biotic) property, and assesses how its altered metaphysics inscribes itself in the politics of genetic resources. It probes how rights get framed within and by law and attempts to uncover the cunning or duplicitous nature of these rightsthe chasm between their intended benefits and their actual outcomes.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-232) and index.

The making of biotic property. Inventing life
Inscribing life in law
Framing a new moral economy
The jurisdiction of rights. Benefits
Privileges
Rights
From legal pluralism to political culturalism.

This work analyses the theoretical and philosophical frames of new (biotic) property, and assesses how its altered metaphysics inscribes itself in the politics of genetic resources. It probes how rights get framed within and by law and attempts to uncover the cunning or duplicitous nature of these rightsthe chasm between their intended benefits and their actual outcomes.

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