The processes of globalisation are reshaping our world dramatically and rapidly. The great issues of our day emphasise that we are all in this together: startling inequalities, pressures on the environment, continuing hunger and poverty, climate change, economic integration, mass migrations, instant communications and recurring armed conflicts. How do we ensure that these vast developments work for the •common goodê, promote greater social equity and better life opportunities, especially for the most disadvantaged? In this issue of Interface, scholars from the Yarra Institute for Religion and Social Policy within Melbourneês University of Divinity tackle key aspects of globalisation.

With contributions from prestigious lawyers, economists,accountants, and consultants from around the world, IntellectualProperty in the International Marketplace presents a highly complexsubject in a user-friendly, organized manner. The two-volumes serveas an intellectual property compendium to business professionalsand their counsel, helping them explore and answer intellectualproperty questions in business transactions in global settings.Volume I covers the methods for dealing with intellectual propertyin every type of business transaction, while Volume II covers theunderlying general principles of international intellectualproperty law. This core volume (ISBN 0471-351059) is supplemented annually. The 2002 Supplement (ISBN 0471-390313) includes: * New chapters on such topics as Patent Strategies in the Era ofthe Internet, Parallel Imports into and within the European Union,and Copyright and E-Commerce. * Updates to International Laws and Developments on SecurityInterests in Intangible Assets that have taken place in Australia,Canada, France, Hong Kong, and Korea. This supplement updates the 2 Volume set, Simensky/IntellectualProperty in the Global Marketplace Second Edition (ISBN0471-351059).

This text integrates the physical, economic, social, and political considerations in our examination of the major natural resource issues facing the world today. It includes a wide range of opinions and interpretations of natural resource issues which provide both a balanced review and a basis for discussion.

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A history of our time.