Lawyers and legal scholars specializing in international intellectual property protection examine collisions between global law and local tradition regarding cultural expressions of indigenous peoples. Among their topics are reconsidering the history of folklore and its legal protection since 1800, using human rights to tackle fragmentation in the field, a policy perspective, the geography of traditional cultural expression, new information and communications technologies, and examples from Australia and Southeast Asia of the significance of traditional cultural expression for development in a digital environment. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)