Privatised Law Reform: A History of Patent Law through Private Legislation, 1620-1907

by Phillip Johnson

Book Overview

In the history of British patent law, the role of Parliament is often side-lined. This is largely due to the raft of failed or timid attempts at patent law reform. Yet there was another way of seeking change. By the end of the nineteenth century, private legislation had become a mechanism or testing ground for more general law reforms. The evolution of the law had essentially been privatised and was handled in the committee rooms in Westminster...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 036759398X
• ISBN13: 9780367593988
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.7" x 9.5"