Includes bibliographical references and index.

The battle over intellectual property laws and access to medicines in Latin America : a primer on global administrative law, intellectual property, and political contestation / Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss and César Rodríguez-Garavito -- The recursivity of global lawmaking in the struggle for an Argentine policy on pharmaceutical patents / Paola Bergallo and Agustina Ramón Michel -- Brazil and the case of patents and access to medicines : a medical condition? / Mônica Steffen Guise Rosina and Adelina de Oliveira Novaes -- CAFTA, intellectual property, and the right to health in Central America / Angelina Snodgrass Godoy -- Chile : the case of IP opposition from predominantly private interests / Salvador Millaleo H. -- A golden straitjacket? : the struggle over patents and access to medicines in Colombia / César Rodríguez-Garavito -- Pharmaceutical intellectual property rights protection and access to medicines in Ecuador : state sovereignty and transnational advocacy networks / Tatiana Andia -- Special 301 and global administrative law / Sean Flynn -- The influence of the Andean intellectual property regime on access to medicines in Latin America / Laurence R. Helfer and Karen J. Alter -- Going local in the era of TRIPS implementation / Amy Kapczynski -- Human rights frames in IP contests / Molly Land -- The rights-based approach to intellectual property and access to medicine : parameters and pitfalls / Smita Narula -- The role of WIPO in access to medicines / Ruth L. Okediji -- Conclusion : balancing wealth and health in a transnational regulatory framework / Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss and César Rodríguez-Garavito.