Public Health and Plain Packaging of Cigarettes

Edited by Tania Voon, Professor and Associate Dean (Research), Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Andrew D. Mitchell, Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University and Jonathan Liberman, Director, McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer, a joint initiative of Cancer Council Victoria and Union for International Cancer Control, Australia with Glyn Ayres, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Australia

• Contents:1. IntroductionTania Voon2. The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: The International Context for Plain PackagingKate Lannan3. Plain Tobacco Packaging in Australia: The Historical and Social ContextJonathan Liberman, Michelle Scollo, Becky Freeman and Simon Chapman4. Plain Packaging of Cigarettes and Constitutional Property RightsSimon Evans and Jason Bosland5. The Legitimacy of Plain Packaging under International Intellectual Property Law: Why there is no Right to Use a Trademark under Either the Paris Convention or the TRIPS AgreementMark Davison6. Implications of WTO Law for Plain Packaging of Tobacco ProductsTania Voon and Andrew D. Mitchell 7. Implications of International Investment Law for Plain Tobacco Packaging: Lessons from the Hong Kong–Australia BIT Tania Voon and Andrew D. Mitchell8. Implications of Ongoing Trade and Investment Disputes Concerning Tobacco: Philip Morris v Uruguay Benn McGrady9. Plain Packaging in a Broader Regulatory Framework: Preventing False Claims and Investor–State LobbyingThomas A. Faunce 10. Plain Packaging of Cigarettes under EU LawAlberto Alemanno and Enrico BonadioBibliographyIndex

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