TY - BOOK AU - Gompel,Stef van TI - Formalities in copyright law: an analysis of their history, rationales and possible future T2 - Information law series SN - 9789041134189 (hbk.) PY - 2011/// CY - Alphen aan den Rijn PB - Kluwer Law International KW - Copyright N1 - Originally published as the authors thesis (doctoral--Universiteit van Amsterdam); Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-323) and index; Introduction -- The role and functions of formalities in intellectual property law -- The history of formalities in national copyright law -- The prohibition on formalities in international copyright law -- Contextualizing the international prohibition on copyright formalities -- Relativizing the legal-theoretical concerns with copyright formalities -- Summary and conclusion ER -