tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post2170266579629920201..comments2024-03-29T11:10:02.290+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Book review: Grounds of the Immaterial - A conflict-based approach to Intellectual Property RightsVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-34927532965271191502017-10-27T14:51:16.281+01:002017-10-27T14:51:16.281+01:00I think it's important to recognise the part t...I think it's important to recognise the part that psychology and the empirical development of case law play in how the law develops in a very technical field like IP law. What is unfortunate is that individual judges or judgements don't get analysed in this way. Legal theory does of course influence judges, but judges are not trained to properly take into account how anthropology, philosophy or even psychology impacts how they assess their cases. No one tries to link the theory to the practice, and so the theory is remains an abstract intellectual exercise that does nothing to improve the actual legal system, and in particular IP law. Goethenoreply@blogger.com