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dc.contributor.authorManu, Thaddeus
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-23T17:26:33Z
dc.date.available2017-10-23T17:26:33Z
dc.date.issued2017-07
dc.identifier.citationManu , T 2017 , ' Ghana TRIPS Over the TRIPS Agreement on Plant Breeders' Rights ' , African Journal of Legal Studies , vol. 9 , no. 1 , pp. 20-45 . https://doi.org/10.1163/17087384-12342070
dc.identifier.issn1708-7384
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 12441254
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dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85027418012
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/19472
dc.descriptionThis document is the Accepted Manuscript version of the following article: Thaddeus Manu, 'Ghana Trips Over the TRIPS Agreement on Plant Breeders' Rights', African Journal of Legal Studies, Vol 9 (1): 20-45, July 2017. Under embargo. Embargo end date: 31 July 2019. The final, published version is available online at doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/17087384-12342070. Published by BRILL.
dc.description.abstractThe premise under which the global IP system is validated has often focused on a traditional materialistic approach. While this seems to find legitimate support in economic reasoning, such a fundamental view also appears to contradict a related social norm claim which dictates that society ought to be shaped by appropriate values rather than economic rubrics. Although Ghana is not a signatory member of the UPOV Convention, there is explicit evidence that the PBRs Bill under consideration in Parliament contains provisions modelled on the UPOV Act 1991 rather than the potentially flexible and “effective sui generis system” in TRIPS. This paper aims to contribute to a recently active area of discussion on the topic by examining the consequences of stringent legislation on PBRs in the absence of adequate safeguard measures to protect public interests. Consequently, the hypothesis of this paper rests on the argument that every system needs checks and balances and the legislative system is no exception; therefore, social policy matters must be integrated into the so-called PBRs Bill in order not to undervalue public interests. To conclude, the author presents an argument based on a logical balance that ought to be found on the path to promulgating such legislation.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofAfrican Journal of Legal Studies
dc.subjectfood
dc.subjectGenetically modified organisms
dc.subjectupov Convention
dc.subjectGhana
dc.subjectPlant Breeders' Rights
dc.subjectTRIPS Agreement
dc.titleGhana TRIPS Over the TRIPS Agreement on Plant Breeders' Rightsen
dc.contributor.institutionHertfordshire Law School
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
dc.date.embargoedUntil2019-07-31
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