Keith E. Maskus / The international IP system from an economist's perspective -- Mrinalini Kochupillai Julia Köninger / Cast into the stones of international law : a critique of the UPOV standards and the underlying welfare & scientific assumptions they globalize -- Alexande Peukert / Economic nationalism in intellectual property policy and law -- Tobias Stoll / Hybrid international intellectual property protection : coherence, governance, and balance -- Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan / The role of customary international law for intellectula property protection beyond borders -- Axel Metzger / Interpretation of IP treaties in accordance with Article 31-33 VCLT : a case study on the practice of the European Patent Office -- Thomas Cottier / Parallel trade and exhaustion of intellectual property in WTO law revisited -- Graeme B. Dinwoodie / Universalism in international copyright law as seen through the lens of Marrakesh -- Jane C. Ginsburg / Floors and ceilings in international copyright treaties : Berne, TRIPS, WCT minima and maxima -- Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss / Self-executing international intellectual property obligations? -- Daniel Opoku Acquah / Technical assistance as a tool for implementing and expanding IP treaty obligations -- Juan I. Correa / How external factors shaped domestic intellectual property law in Latin America -- Christophe Geiger Oleksandr Bulayenko / Creating statutory remuneration rights in copyright law : what policy options under the internationl legal framework?