Pills for the Poorest

Emilie Cloatre is a Senior Lecturer at Kent Law School, University of Kent, UK.

• Introduction: Global IP and Pills for the Poorest.- 1. TRIPS as Assemblage .- 2. From Global Scripts to Local Translation .- 3. From IP to Public Health in Djibouti and Ghana .- 4. Pharmaceutical Patents as Silent Regulatory Tools: Escaping Branded Drugs in Djibouti .- 5. Ghana, Pharmaceutical Patents and the Ambivalence of Generic Medicines.- 6. Global Movements, Changing Markets and the Reshaping of Health and Disease.- Conclusion: Pharmaceuticals and Socio-Legal Ambivalence.

'Cloatre's book is an insightful and valuable addition to not just socio-legal studies, but also the broader literature on pharmaceuticals and the social implications of global trade. Pills for the Poorest demonstrates why and how methodological innovation beyond traditional and even socio-legal ways of thinking about law remains essential. Such innovation can help to reveal blindspots in our understanding of law's production by and within, and interaction with, the social and political, and in doing so it serves to highlight that law is neither determinate nor reducible to those or indeed other things, but is rather part of a complex web.' - Mark Flear, School of Law, Queen's University Belfast 'Although the book is slim, its contribution is weighty, timely, and convincing.' - Socio Legal Studies, December 2014 In an area...with such extensive literature, it is refreshing to find a different approach taken to understanding the problem and its processes. An approach which has not been selected merely for its novelty, but applied in a meaningful and justified way, with its appropriateness clearly outlined in the book's introduction.' - Journal of Law and Society, November 2014 'Pills for the Poorest is a fascinating book.' - New Genetics and Society, July 2014 "As a text itself, the book has potential to reshape the thinking of readers from a wide range of fields, from law, science studies, healthcare policy, and beyond." - Review by Laura Stark of the New Books Network