This is an introduction and practical guide on intellectual property rights (IPR) for agricultural and natural resource management researchers. It reviews concepts of IP and other legal issues relating to geographic information systems (GIS), including copyright, patents, legal protection of databases, confidentiality of information, data privacy, licensing, and liability.

This reference work contains more than 15000 entries on political geography, political science, international studies, social sciences, military and strategic studies and ocean resources. The materials have been collected from more than 270 journals and periodicals, current geographical publications, the American Geographical Society Research Catalog and bibliographies of various political geography books. The available materials have been collected on political geography since 1945, while important materials from earlier periods have also been included. The book also includes theses and dissertations that enhance its usefulness.

International law is not static; it develops constantly. Namibia is classic case, illustrating the changing law of nations. International Law and the Protection of Namibia's Territorial Integrity: Boundaries and Territorial Claims demonstrates this with an analysis of the legal and factual elements present in the creation, boundaries and territorial claims of Namibia, and the determinations of the League of Nations and the political organs of the United Nations which developed and clarified the rules of international law. Nambia's unique international status and diplomatic history requires the consideration of a large number of different topics within public international law. Some of these issues are very complex and technical, as they involve major questions of international law and politics. Through the use of primary sources, case law, state practice and the opinions of eminent jurists, the author addresses these challenging and revealing issues. Anyone interested in public international law, international relations, political science, history, or geography will appreciate the way that this work covers the interesting and informative changes in this revealing nation.