Copyright: (4 Critical Concepts in Intellectual Property Law series)

This path-breaking research review brings together seminal contributions by leading scholars to the vibrant literature on copyright that has emerged over the past few decades. This consists of articles analyzing copyright from the perspective of history, philosophy and democratic theory and then focuses on the economics of copyright, including monopoly theory, public goods theory, price discrimination, transaction cost economics and political economy.

Table of Contents:
Contents: Volume I Acknowledgements Introduction Christopher S. Yoo PART I THE HISTORY OF COPYRIGHT 1. Tyler T. Ochoa and Mark Rose (2002), ‘The Anti-Monopoly Origins of the Patent and Copyright Clause’ 2. Thomas B. Nachbar (2005), ‘Monopoly, Mercantilism, and the Politics of Regulation’ 3. Paul M. Schwartz and William Michael Treanor (2003), ‘Eldred and Lochner: Copyright Term Extension and Intellectual Property as Constitutional Property’ 4. Peter Jaszi (1991), ‘Toward a Theory of Copyright: The Metamorphoses of “Authorship”’ 5. Oren Bracha (2008), ‘The Ideology of Authorship Revisited: Authors, Markets, and Liberal Values in Early American Copyright’ PART II PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS 6. Justin Hughes (1988), ‘The Philosophy of Intellectual Property’ 7. Seana Valentine Shiffrin (2001), ‘Lockean Arguments for Private Intellectual Property’ 8. Jeanne L. Schroeder (2006), ‘Unnatural Rights: Hegel and Intellectual Property’ PART III DEMOCRATIC THEORIES 9. Neil Weinstock Netanel (1996), ‘Copyright and Democratic Civil Society’ 10. Shyamkrishna Balganesh (2009), ‘Debunking Blackstonian Copyright’ Volume II Acknowledgements An introduction to both volumes by the editor appears in Volume I PART I PUBLIC GOOD ECONOMICS, MONOPOLY AND PRICE DISCRIMINATION 1. William W. Fisher III (1988), ‘Reconstructing the Fair Use Doctrine. “Introduction” and “Chapter IV- Economic Analysis”’ 2. Michael J. Meurer (2001), ‘Copyright Law and Price Discrimination’ 3. Christopher S. Yoo (2004), ‘Copyright and Product Differentiation’ 4. Christopher S. Yoo (2007), ‘Copyright and Public Good Economics: A Misunderstood Relation’ PART II TRANSACTION COSTS AND THE NEW INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS 5. Wendy J. Gordon (1982), ‘Fair Use as Market Failure: A Structural and Economic Analysis of the “Betamax” Case and its Predecessors’ 6. Robert P. Merges (1996), ‘Contracting into Liability Rules: Intellectual Property Rights and Collective Rights Organizations’ 7. Abraham Bell and Gideon Parchomovsky (2009), ‘The Evolution of Private and Open Access Property’ 8. Clarisa Long (2004), ‘Information Costs in Patent and Copyright’ PART IV THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF COPYRIGHT 9. Jessica D. Litman (1987), ‘Copyright, Compromise, and Legislative History’ 10. Thomas B. Nachbar (2002), ‘Constructing Copyright’s Mythology’ 11. Robert P. Merges (2000), ‘Intellectual Property Rights and the New Institutional Economics’

About the Author :
Edited by Christopher S. Yoo, Imasogie Professor of Law & Technology, Communication, and Computer and Information Science and Founding Director, Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition, University of Pennsylvania, US

Review :
‘. . . this book is a wonderful reference tool for anyone who is interested in obtaining a broad overview of copyright law and how it interacts with economics.’