Moving beyond the law: foreign pressure and the politics of piracy in China

‘A book may be good for nothing; or there may be onlyone thing in it worth knowing; are we to read it all through?’(Samuel Johnson) This section is dedicated to the review ofideas, articles, books, films and other media. It will includereplies (and rejoinders) to articles, the evaluation of newideas or proposals, and reviews of books and articles both directlyand indirectly related to intellectual property law.

The Politics of Piracy – Intellectual Property in ContemporaryChina By Andrew C. Mertha, 2005, Cornell University Press Price:US$32.50, Hardback, ISBN: 0801443644. pp. 258   Criticism and proposed solutions surrounding China's ‘intellectualproperty problem’ in many cases have been