THE BIOLOGICAL OVERVIEW EFFECT: OUR PLACE IN NATURE

The Biological Overview Effect: Our Place in Nature

While gazing at the Earth from orbit, some astronauts Jelly have described a cognitive shift known as the overview effect.Here we describe an analogous biological overview effect produced by looking at the tiny twig of humanity on the tree of life.We describe the increasingly precise phylogenetic tree of all life on Earth and how it shows us our pl

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Does Article 4(1)(a) of the Marrakesh Treaty Require Limitation to Adaptation Rights? Blind SA v Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition (CCT 320/21) [2022] ZACC 33 (21 September 2022)

Central to this contribution is Article 4(1)(a) of the Marrakesh Treaty, which the Protective Clothing Constitutional Court used to limit the exclusive right of adaptation of copyright owners in the case of Blind SA v The Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition.This contribution finds that while states can add other limitations in their nationa

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