A historical and descriptive study of the United States/Canadian mass communications "border war," this volume centers on millions of dollars spent annually by companies to advertise on U.S. border stations. Berlin chronicles this dispute as it evolves through its two stages: Canadian action (1970 to 1976) and U.S. response (1976 to 1988). He focuses on Canada's vision of the U.S. media--a "modern Trojan Horse" that has penetrated domestic media and will ultimately absorb Canadian culture and identity.
Commercial exploitation of attributes of an individual's personality (name, voice and likeness) is characteristic of modern advertising and marketing. This volume provides a framework for analyzing the disparate aspects of the commercial appropriation of personality and traces its discrete patterns in the major common law systems. It considers whether a coherent justification for a remedy may be identified from a range of competing theories.
Despite the growth of the Chinese market in recent years, the legal system that governs it remains very complicated. This text outlines the main points of Chinese commercial law, focusing on legislation regarding foreign investment, and highlights the recent economic reforms made by the Chinese government.