Dr Christophe Germann's publications
Papers & Conference Presentations
A. Books (as author or editor)
- Diversité culturelle et libre-échange à la
lumière du cinéma – Réflexions critiques
sur le droit naissant de la diversité culturelle sous les
angles du droit du commerce international, de la concurrence et
de la propriété intellectuelle [doctoral thesis on
cultural diversity and free trade in the light of cinema from the
perspective of culture, international trade, competition and intellectual
property laws and policies], Bern 2008, 450 pages, publishers:
Helbing Lichtenhahn (Basel), LDGD (Paris) and Bruylant (Brussels);
series of international public law.
- As editor and contributor: Intellectual
property, contract, international and regional culture and
trade laws and policies [a selection of legal texts and
summaries of lectures in Russian given in the South Caucasus in the context
of the “Avanti” Legal Training Programme; approx.
400 pages], publication by the Swiss Development and Cooperation
Agency
DEZA scheduled for 2010.
B. Chapters in books as author or co-author
- Teaching intellectual property, unfair
competition and anti-trust law (with Thomas Cottier), in: Yo Takagi
/ Larry Allman / Mpazi A. Sinjela (editors), Teaching of Intellectual
Property, Principles and Methods, Cambridge University 2008.
- Towards a Cultural Contract
to counter trade related cultural discrimination - “Cultural Treatment” and “Most-Favoured-Culture” to
promote cultural diversity vis-à-vis international trade regulations,
in Nina Obuljen / Joost Smiers (editors), UNESCO Convention on the protection
and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions – Making it work,
Culturelink, Zagreb 2006.
- Intellectual Property Rights, Plant Genetic
Resources, and Traditional Knowledge (chapter III) and Management
and enforcement
of IPRs
and Traditional PGRs:
Institutional Design (chapter VII), in: Thomas Cottier/Susette Biber-Klemm
(editors), Rights
to Plant Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge: Basic Issues and Perspectives,
CABI, Wallingford 2006.
- Commentary at the Preamble, art. 1 – 8 et 40 TRIPS (with Thomas Cottier),
in: Concise International and European IP Law - TRIPS, Paris Convention,
European Enforcement and Transfer of Technology, Kluwer, London 2008.
- Bedeutung und Wirkung der Staatsverträge im Immaterialgüterrecht [Meaning
and effect of international agreements in the area of intellectual property]
(with Thomas Cottier), in: Roland von Büren/Lucas David (editors), Schweizerisches
Immaterialgüter- und Wettbewerbsrecht I/1 [Swiss commentary on intellectual
property and competition law], Helbing & Lichtenhahn, Basel/Geneva/Munich
2002, pp. 35–122.
C. Papers as author or co-author
- Legal action against asserted cultural genocide
and piracy in China: the strength of the WTO and the weakness of
the UNESCO, to be published in: Int. J. Intellectual Property
Management, Vol. 4 Nos. 1/2, 2010.
- La diversité humaine à l'appel du minaret [Article
on the ban of minarets in Switzerland], in: Le Courrier (Geneva),
8 December 2009.
- Concurrences entre diversité culturelle et commerce international [Forms
of competition between cultural diversity and international trade], in: Hélène
Ruiz Fabri (ed.), Convention de l'UNESCO sur la diversité culturelle :
Premier bilan et défis juridiques pour réaliser les objectifs dans
les pays économiquement démunis, Paris (to be published in
2010).
- Selective aid for cultural industries: The “Rougemarine
Dilemma”,
in: European University Institute, Max Weber Working Papers, Florence 2008:
www.eui.eu
- La culture est morte, vive le commerce! in: Le Temps,
Geneva, 12 June 2008.
- The Doha development round and TRIPS: A new
paradigm to negotiate special and differential treatment?, in: NCCR International Trade
Regulations,
Working Paper IP3, Berne (www.nccr-trade.org; publication scheduled for
2010).
- The Swiss Approach to Compulsory Licensing
for Diagnostic Products and Processes, in: CIR Centre for Intellectual Property Rights,
Geertrui
van Overwalle (ed.),
Gene Patents and Public Health, Bruylant, Brussels 2007.
- Culture in times of cholera, A vision for
a new legal framework promoting cultural diversity, in: ERA Rechtszeitschrift der Europäischen
Rechtsakademie Trier, ERA-Forum 1/2005, pp. 109 - 130.
- Diversité culturelle à l’OMC et l’UNESCO à l’exemple
du cinema [Cultural diversity at the WTO and the UNESCO after Cancun], dans :
Revue Internationale de Droit Economique (RIDE), Cahier à thème
: L’OMC après Cancún, 2004/3, pp. 325–354.
- Content Industries and Cultural Diversity:
The Case of Motion Pictures, in: Culturelink, Network of Networks for Research and
Cooperation
in Cultural Development, Cultural
Diversity and Sustainable Development, Special Issue 2002/2003,
Zagreb, 97 – 140
[also published in: VII Congresso "Cultura Europea", Pamplona 2003,
and as an updated version in: Bernd Hamm / Russell Smandych (editors), Cultural
Imperialism. Essays on the Political Economy of Cultural
Domination, Ontario
2004, pp. 93 – 113].
- Meinungsfreiheit in Zeiten der "Blockbusters" – Das
neue Filmgesetz und die kulturelle Vielfalt in der Informationsgesellschaft [Competition law
and freedom of expression in the light of the new Swiss film legislation], in:
Revue du droit de la propriété intellectuelle, de l'information
et de la concurrence sic! 7/8 2002, Stämpfli, pp. 481–492.
- The WTO and EU Distributive Policy: the Case
of Regional Promotion and Assistance (with Thomas Cottier), in: Gráinne de Búrca/Joanne Scott, The EU
and the WTO, Legal and Constitutional Issues, Hart Publishing, Oxford 2001, pp.185–210.
- Die Partizipation bei der Aushandlung neuer
völkerrechtlicher Bindungen:
verfassungsrechtliche Grundlagen und Perspektiven [Participation in elaborating
and negotiating new international agreements from the perspective of Swiss constitutional
law] (with Thomas Cottier), in: Daniel Thürer/Jean-François Aubert/Jörg
Paul Müller, Verfassungsrecht der Schweiz - Droit constitutionnel
suisse [Swiss constitutional law], Schulthess, Zürich 2001, pp.77–96.
- Staats(leitungs)reform als Schöpfungsakt (Postulat für eine Reform
der politischen Institutionen der Schweiz in Richtung Konkurrenzdemokratie) [political
and constitutional aspects of the reform of the Swiss government], in: Administration,
gouvernement et constitution en transformation – Hommage en mémoire
de Raimund E. Germann, Peter Knoepfel und Wolf Linder (editors), Helbing & Lichtenhahn,
Basel/München 2000, pp. 389–403.
- Enjeux binaires à l'aube du nouveau millénaire: En cinéma
aussi, le thon, c'est les dauphins [International trade and cultural laws and
policies], in: Revue du droit de la propriété intellectuelle,
de l'information et de la concurrence sic! 1999/6 [a German translation
of this
article was published in: Cinebulletin, April 2000].
- Zur Diskussion über die Urheberschaft beim Film: Film- und Rechtsfiktionen [Copyright for films and State aid], In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung,
26 September 1997.
- Handlungsbedarf für Unternehmen: Das neue schweizerische Datenschutzgesetz [Swiss personal data protection law for corporations], in: Schweizerische Zeitschrift
für Wirtschaftsrecht, 1994/2.
D. Presentations at conferences and book reviews
I was invited as expert and speaker at many conferences
and hearings addressing cultural diversity and international trade
laws and policies that were organized by UNESCO, the Council
of Europe, Culturelink, the Federation of European Film Directors
(FERA), the
International Network for Cultural Policies (INCD), Cultural
Information and Research Centres Liaison in Europe (CIRCLE), the
Universal Forum
for Cultures of Monterrey, Mexico, and various universities. He also
contributed as an expert invited by UNESCO Switzerland to the consultation
of the civil society on the draft convention on cultural diversity
in 2004 and 2005.
For further details on recent presentations,
please see the “News” section
on this website.
Book review on Alesh Staehelin’s law book
on the TRIPs Agreement, Das TRIPs-Abkommen: Immaterialgüterrechte
im Licht der globalisierten Handelspolitik, in: Zeitschrift für
Immaterialgüter-, Informations-
und Wettbewerbsrecht, second edition, Bern 2000.
E. Interviews
Sandra Vinciguerra, “Hollywood
pratique une discrimination culturelle à l'échelle
planétaire” [“Hollywood
culturally discriminates on a global scale”], in: Le Courrier,
Geneva, 13 October 2003, pp. 8 and 9.
Radio interview with Michael
Sennhauser on the complaint filed with the Swiss Press Council
regarding free advertisement of “blockbusters” by
film reviewers in the subsidized press, broadcast “Reflexe”,
Swiss Radio DRS 2, 1 September 2003.
(April 2008)
Dr. Delia Ferri's publications
Books
*D. Ferri, La costituzione culturale dell’Unione
Europea, CEDAM Publishing, forthcoming (provisional table
of contents upon
request)
Chapters/Contributions in books
- D. Ferri, An Investigation On The (Desirable)
Role Of Cultural Diversity in the EU-China Partnership, in Francis
Snyder (ed), Europe, India and China: Strategic Partners
in a Changing World - L'Europe, l'Inde et la Chine: partenaires
stratégiques
dans un monde en mutation, Bruylant, Bruxelles, 2008
- D. Ferri
Il rango delle norme CEDU: tra teorica delle fonti e retorica
dei diritti, in All’incrocio tra Costituzione e CEDU.
Il rango delle norme della Convenzione e l’efficacia interna
delle sentenze di Strasburgo, R. Bin -G. Brunelli-A. Pugiotto-
P. Veronesi (eds), Giappichelli, Torino, 2007, pp. 115 ss.
- D. Ferri, La questione del crocifisso tra
laicita’ e
pluralismo culturale, in La laicità crocifissa? Il nodo
costituzionale dei simboli religiosi nei luoghi pubblici, R. Bin
-G. Brunelli-A.Pugiotto-
P. Veronesi (eds), Giappichelli, Torino, 2004, pp. 132 ss.
- D. Ferri, La “religione predominante” e l’ordinamento
giuridico in Grecia: una differenza persistente , in Diritti
religiosi e tradizionali in alcuni ordinamenti contemporanei, S.
Baldin (ed),
vol. nr. 5, Serie giuridica dell’Università degli
Studi di Trieste- Facoltà di Scienze politiche, Trieste,
2005, pp. 117 ss.
Journal Articles
- *D. Ferri, La dimensione prescrittiva
della cultura. un’analisi
comparata tra significante e significato, to be published
in Rivista di Diritto pubblico comparato italiano ed europeo forthcoming
- D. Ferri, Il riparto di competenze nella Costituzione
brasiliana
del 1988: valutazioni e prospettive, in Panoptica.org 13/2008 www.panoptica.org
- D. Ferri, L’Europa come “spazio
culturale diversificato”:
gli ultimi sviluppi della normazione e delle politiche culturali
comunitarie, in Il Cristallo – Periodico Quadrimestrale
2007, anno XLIX, n. 1, maggio 2007, pp. 28 ss.
- D. Ferri, Il
riparto di competenze in materia culturale: verso lo stato regionale
di cultura?, in Federalismi.it - Rivista di
diritto pubblico italiano, comparato e comunitario (www.federalismi.it ,
10 jan. 2007)
- D. Ferri, ¿Italia Como Estado (Regional)
De Cultura? El Ejercicio De Las Competencias En Materia Cultural
Tras La Reforma
Del Título V De La Parte Ii De La Constitución,
in Patrimonio cultural y Derecho (Boletin Oficial del Estrado/
Ministerio
della Presidenza del Governo) n. 10/2006, pp. 35 ss.
- D. Ferri,
L’azione europea in sede UNESCO, in Rivista
della Guardia di Finanza n. 5/2006, pp. 646 ss.
- D. Ferri,
Tanto per cambiare. appunti e spunti a margine della riforma
costituzionale, in Scienza e Pace- Rivista del CISP Università di
Pisa (www.scienzaepace.unipi.it, june 2006)
- D. Ferri, EU Partecipation
In The Unesco Convention On The Protection And Promotion Of
The Diversity Of Cultural Expressions:
Some Constitutional
Remarks, in 3 European Diversity and Autonomy Papers, EDAP
3/2005 (www.eurac.edu/edap)
Working Papers
- D. Ferri, EU and Cultural Diversity:
A Glance at Cultural Diversity as a Constitutional feature in
the EU Bollettino
del CDE, University
of Verona - October 2006 (http://fermi.univr.it/europa/)
- D.
Ferri, L’azione Negoziale Europea In Sede Unesco: Unità Della
Rappresentanza Internazionale Vs. Problematicità Del
Riparto di Competenze in Materia Culturale, in Forum dei Quaderni
Costituzionali (www.forumcostutuzionale.it)
- D. Ferri, La diversità culturale
come fattore (potenziale e problematico) di omogeneizzazione
giuridica. appunti e spunti a
margine dell’approvazione della convenzione UNESCO sulla
protezione e promozione della diversità delle espressioni
culturali, in Bollettino del CDE - University of Verona,
October 2005 (http://fermi.univr.it/europa/)
- D. Ferri, La partecipazione
dell’UE ai negoziati per la
convenzione unesco sulla diversità dei contenuti culturali
e delle espressioni artistiche. alcune considerazioni de iure
condendo, in Bollettino del CDE — University of
Verona, April 2005 (http://fermi.univr.it/europa/)
- D. Ferri, Il COREPER
come organo cardine del procedimento legislativo comunitario ,
in Bollettino
del CDE - University
of Verona, March
2005 (http://fermi.univr.it/europa/)
Translations (English-Italian)
“La manutenzione costituzionale in Ungheria” (D. Timea),
in F. Palermo (ed.), La manutenzione costituzonale, CEDAM, Padova,
2007, pp. 437
Book Review
C. Germann, Diversité culturelle et libre-échange à la
lumière du cinema, Helbing Lichtenhahn, Bale, 2008, pp. 462,
to be published in Rivista di Diritto pubblico comparato italiano
ed europeo
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