Professor Andreas Rahmatian
- Professor of Commercial Law (School of Law)
telephone:
0141 330 6657
email:
Andreas.Rahmatian@glasgow.ac.uk
College of Social Sciences, School of Law, Room 415, 5-8 The Square, Glasgow G12 8QQ
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7327-6989Biography
Andreas Rahmatian joined the School of Law in 2010, after having been at the University of Leicester and the University of Stirling. He obtained his first degree in law and a PhD in Private Law (Unjustified Enrichment) from the University of Vienna and completed another degree in musicology and history there. He also has an LLM from the University of London (comparative law and intellectual property law). He worked as an associate attorney at law in Vienna and qualified as a solicitor with a City firm in London before he became a full-time academic. During the academic year 2014-15 he was a fellow (résident) at the Institut d'études avancées in Nantes, France, where his project was a critical legal theory of money. He teaches commercial law and intellectual property law at undergraduate and postgraduate level and supervises PhD students in these subject areas.
Research interests
Intellectual property law and its relationship to private law; property theory; commercial law and international commercial and banking law; comparative private and commercial law; intellectual history and the law and, in connection, legal theory; legal history; music, art, aesthetics and copyright law.
Publications
2025
Rahmatian, A. (2025) The proprietary nature of virtual property. In: Rees, E. and Dixon, M. (eds.) Modern Studies in Property Law. Hart Publishing. (Accepted for Publication)
Rahmatian, A. (2025) Droit de suite (artist’s resale right). In: Torremans, Paul, Stamatoudi, Irini, Yu, Peter K. and Jütte, Bernd Justin (eds.) Elgar Encyclopedia of Intellectual Property Law. Edward Elgar. ISBN 9781800886926 (doi: 10.4337/9781800886933.droit.suite) (Accepted for Publication)
Rahmatian, A. (2025) EU Directive on Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market (Directive 2019/790). In: Torremans, Paul, Stamatoudi, Irini, Yu, Peter K. and Jütte, Bernd Justin (eds.) Elgar Encyclopedia of Intellectual Property Law. Edward Elgar. ISBN 9781800886926 (doi: 10.4337/9781800886933.eu.directive) (Accepted for Publication)
Rahmatian, A. (2025) EU Resale Right Directive. In: Torremans, Paul, Stamatoudi, Irini, Yu, Peter K. and Jütte, Bernd Justin (eds.) Elgar Encyclopedia of Intellectual Property Law. Edward Elgar. ISBN 9781800886926 (doi: 10.4337/9781800886933.eu.resale.right.directive) (Accepted for Publication)
2024
Rahmatian, A. (2024) Die zwei Formen der gesetzlichen Zeit – Pierre Legendres Die durchbohrte Zeit: Bemerkungen zu Struktur und Zeit. In: Becker, Katrin and Musso, Pierre (eds.) Pierre Legendre: Einführungen in sein Werk. Velbrück Wissenschaft: Weilerswist, pp. 181-196. ISBN 9783958323698
Rahmatian, A. (2024) “European” originality in copyright law in the English case of THJ Systems Ltd. v. Sheridan. IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, 55(7), pp. 1166-1173. (doi: 10.1007/s40319-024-01476-2)
Rahmatian, A. (2024) Copyright and artificial intelligence – is there anything new to say? European Intellectual Property Review, 46(1), pp. 25-33.
Rahmatian, A. (2024) Moderne Kunst in der Tradition: Der Schutz der Kunst und ihrer traditionellen Einflüsse. In: Mosimann, Peter and Schönenberger, Beat (eds.) Kunst & Recht 2023 / Art & Law 2023: Referate zur gleichnamigen Veranstaltung der Juristischen Fakultät der Universität Basel vom 16. Juni 2023 (deutsch/englisch). Series: Schriftenreihe Kultur & Recht (13). Stämpfli Verlag: Bern, pp. 17-46. ISBN 9783727245336
Rahmatian, A. (2024) The musical work in copyright law. GRUR International, 73(1), pp. 18-33. (doi: 10.1093/grurint/ikad105)
2023
Rahmatian, A. (2023) Central Bank digital currency – is it a new currency? Some definitions and differentiations. Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation, 38(11), pp. 407-413.
Rahmatian, A. (2023) The two forms of legal time: Pierre Legendre’s “La Durée poignardée”: Remarques sur la structure et le temps. Law and Critique, (doi: 10.1007/s10978-023-09354-5) (Early Online Publication)
Rahmatian, A. (2023) Les deux formes du temps légal : « La durée poignardée » : Remarques sur la structure et le temps de Pierre Legendre. In: Becker, Katrin and Musso, Pierre (eds.) Introductions à l'œuvre de Pierre Legendre. Editions Manucius, pp. 172-188. ISBN 9782845787926
2022
2021
Rahmatian, A. (2021) Was ist an LEGO® eigentlich noch schützbar? Eine tour d’horizon durch das Immaterialgüterrecht. Medien und Recht International, 2021(2), pp. 51-61.
Rahmatian, A. (2021) Herausforderungen an den Urheberrechtsschutz für europäische und außereuropäische Musik. Bulletin Kunst and Recht, 2021(1), pp. 73-95.
2020
Rahmatian, A. (2020) Scottish Independence: the romantic game. In: Donat, Elisabeth, Meyer, Sarah and Abels, Gabriele (eds.) European Regions: Perspectives, Trends and Developments in the 21st Century. Transcript Verlag: Bielefeld, pp. 99-116. ISBN 9783839450697 (doi: 10.14361/9783839450697-007)
Rahmatian, A. (2020) Debts, money, intellectual property, data and the concept of dematerialised property. Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and E-Commerce Law, 11(2), pp. 186-199.
Rahmatian, A. (2020) Geistiges Eigentum und „traditionelle“ Kunst. In: Weller, Matthias, Kemle, Nicolai B., Dreier, Thomas and Kuprecht, Karolina (eds.) Raubkunst und Restitution – Zwischen Kolonialzeit und Washington Principles: Tagungsband des Dreizehnten Heidelberger Kunstrechtstags am 18. und 19. Oktober 2019. Nomos: Baden-Baden, pp. 125-152. ISBN 9783708920672
2019
Rahmatian, A. (2019) Credit and Creed: a Critical Legal Theory of Money. Series: Routledge Research in Finance and Banking Law. Routledge. ISBN 9780367181031
Rahmatian, A. (2019) Das konzeptionelle Problem des Rechtsschutzes für traditionelles Wissen und traditionelle Kultur. Kritische Justiz, 52(2), pp. 159-175. (doi: 10.5771/0023-4834-2019-2)
Rahmatian, A. (2019) Electronic money and cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin): suggestions for definitions. Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation, 34(3), pp. 115-121.
Rahmatian, A. (2019) Denis Diderot's 'Lettre sur le commerce de la librairie' (1763/1767): A reappraisal. Intellectual Property Quarterly, 3, pp. 179-195.
2018
Rahmatian, A. (2018) Brexit and Scotland: Centralism, federalism or independence? European Review, 26(4), pp. 616-647. (doi: 10.1017/S1062798718000054)
Rahmatian, A. (2018) Money as a legally enforceable debt. European Business Law Review, 29(2), pp. 205-236.
Rahmatian, A. (2018) The role of institutional writers in Scots law. Juridical Review, 2018(1), pp. 42-63.
Rahmatian, A. (2018) Alchemistic metaphors in comparative law: mixed legal systems, reception of laws and legal transplants. Journal of Civil Law Studies, 11(2), pp. 231-267.
2017
Rahmatian, A. (2017) The political purpose of the ‘mixed legal system’ conception in the law of Scotland. Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, 24(6), pp. 843-863. (doi: 10.1177/1023263X17745802)
Rahmatian, A. (2017) Brief speculations about changes to intellectual property law in the UK after ‘Brexit’. Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 12(6), pp. 510-515. (doi: 10.1093/jiplp/jpx055)
Rahmatian, A. (Ed.) (2017) Lord Kames: Selected Writings. Imprint Academic. ISBN 9781845409128
Rahmatian, A. (2017) Indirect sovereignty through property rights. Notre Dame Journal of International and Comparative Law, 7(2), pp. 58-90. 4.
Rahmatian, A. (2017) The nature of laws in law and in economics. In: Longo, G. (ed.) Lois des dieux, des hommes et de la nature: Éléments pour une analyse transversale. Spartacus-idh: Paris, pp. 109-142.
2016
Rahmatian, A. (2016) 'Man as a complex machine' and the 'springs of action': the mechanistic idea of human nature in the moral philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment. In: Musso, Pierre (ed.) Imaginaire, industrie et innovation (Colloque de Cerisy 2015). Éditions Manucius: Paris, pp. 168-177. ISBN 9782845784628
Rahmatian, A. (2016) European copyright inside or outside the European Union: pluralism of copyright laws and the ‘‘Herderian paradox’’. International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, 47(8), pp. 912-940. (doi: 10.1007/s40319-016-0531-4)
2015
Rahmatian, A. (2015) The elements of music relevant for copyright protection. In: Rahmatian, Andreas (ed.) Concepts of Music and Copyright: How Music Perceives Itself and How Copyright Perceives Music. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 78-122. ISBN 9781783478187
Rahmatian, A. (2015) The influence of Lord Kames (Henry Home) on some of the founders of the United States. Historia et Ius, 7, pp. 1-48.
Rahmatian, A. (2015) Lord Kames: Legal and Social Theorist. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh. ISBN 9780748676736 (doi: 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748676736.001.0001)
Rahmatian, A. (Ed.) (2015) Concepts of Music and Copyright: How Music Perceives Itself and How Copyright Perceives Music. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham. ISBN 9781783478187
Rahmatian, A. (2015) Cyberspace and intellectual property rights. In: Tsagourias, Nicholas T. and Buchan, Russell (eds.) Research Handbook on International Law and Cyberspace. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 72-93. ISBN 9781782547389
Rahmatian, A. (2015) University academics as employees and creators of copyright works: university academics as owners of copyright? European Intellectual Property Review, 37(6), pp. 355-358.
2014
Rahmatian, A. (2014) Make the butterflies fly in formation? Management of copyright created by academics in UK universities. Legal Studies, 34(4), pp. 709-735. (doi: 10.1111/lest.12040)
Rahmatian, A. (2014) Money as a normative text. Journal of International Business and Law, 13, pp. 221-230.
Rahmatian, A. (2014) Sale of goods. In: MacNeil, Iain G. (ed.) Scots Commercial Law. Avizandum: Edinburgh, pp. 167-206. ISBN 9781904968566
2013
Rahmatian, A. (2013) Symposium on legal domains and comparative law: legal domains quadrangular wheels? Edinburgh Law Review, 17(3), pp. 427-430. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2013.0173)
Rahmatian, A. (2013) A fundamental critique of the law-and-economics analysis of intellectual property rights. Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review, 17(2), pp. 191-229.
Rahmatian, A. (2013) A fundamental critique of the law-and-economics analysis of intellectual property rights. In: Dinwoodie, G.B. (ed.) Methods and Perspectives in Intellectual Property. Series: ATRIP intellectual property series. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 71-113. ISBN 9781782549970
Rahmatian, A. (2013) Originality in UK Copyright Law: The Old 'Skill and Labour' Doctrine Under Pressure. International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, 44(4), pp. 4-34. (doi: 10.1007/s40319-012-0003-4)
2012
Rahmatian, A. (2012) The English pound in an independent Scotland. Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation, 27(9), pp. 336-339.
Rahmatian, A. (2012) Temple Island Collections v New English Teas: an incorrect decision based on the right law? European Intellectual Property Review, 34(11), pp. 796-799.
2011
Rahmatian, A. (2011) Copyright and Creativity: The Making of Property Rights in Creative Works. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham. ISBN 9781848442467
Rahmatian, A. (2011) The Hargreaves Review on copyright licensing and exceptions: a missed moment of opportunity. Entertainment Law Review, 22(8), pp. 219-223.
Rahmatian, A. (2011) Introduction: Lord Kames and his Principles of Equity. In: Lord Kames (Henry Home), Principles of Equity. Vols. I and II. Lawbook Exchange: Clark, N.J., USA, pp. 1-69. ISBN 9781616191672
Rahmatian, A. (2011) Must cheques disappear by 2018? Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation, 26(7), pp. 310-312.
Rahmatian, A. (2011) Intellectual Property and the Concept of Dematerialised Property. In: Bright, S. (ed.) Modern Studies in Property Law. Hart Publishing: Oxford, pp. 361-383. ISBN 1849461856
2010
Rahmatian, A. (2010) Copyright Protection for the Restoration, Reconstruction and Digitisation of Public Domain Works. In: Derclaye, E. (ed.) Copyright And Cultural Heritage Preservation and Access to Works in a Digital World. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 51-76. ISBN 978 1 84980 004 4
Rahmatian, A. (2010) Is copyright good for music? Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 5(12), pp. 869-873. (doi: 10.1093/jiplp/jpq139)
Rahmatian, A. (2010) Psychological aspects of property and ownership [translated into Chinese]. Private Law Review: Si fa yan jiu, 8(2), pp. 121-142.
2009
Rahmatian, A. (2009) The Concepts of 'Musical Work' and 'Originality' in UK Copyright Law - Sawkins v. Hyperion as a Test Case. International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, 40(5), pp. 560-591.
Rahmatian, A. (2009) Dealing with Rights in Copyright-protected Works: Assignments and Licences. In: Derclaye, E (ed.) Research Handbook on the Future of EU Copyright. Series: Research Handbooks in Intellectual Property. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 286-316. ISBN 978 1 84720 392 2
Rahmatian, A. (2009) The continued relevance of the 'Poor Relations' and the 'Poor Employees' cases under the Charities Act 2006. Conveyancer and Property Lawyer, 73(1), pp. 12-20.
Rahmatian, A. (2009) Neo-colonial aspects of global intellectual property protection. Journal of World Intellectual Property, 12(1), pp. 40-74. (doi: 10.1111/j.1747-1796.2008.00349.x)
2008
Rahmatian, A. (2008) Trade Marks and Human Rights. In: Torremans, P (ed.) Intellectual Property and Human Rights. Wolters Kluwer, pp. 335-357. ISBN 9789041126535
Rahmatian, A. (2008) A comparison of German moveable property law and English personal property law. Journal of Comparative Law, 3(1), pp. 197-248.
Rahmatian, A. (2008) Psychological Aspects of Property and Ownership. Liverpool Law Review, 29(3), pp. 287-308. (doi: 10.1007/s10991-008-9046-5)
2007
Rahmatian, A. (2007) Friedrich Carl v. Savigny's Beruf and Volksgeistlehre. Journal of Legal History, 28(1), pp. 1-29.
Rahmatian, A. (2007) The Gowers Review on Copyright Term Extension. European Intellectual Property Review, 29(9), pp. 353-356.
Rahmatian, A. (2007) Universalist Norms for a Globalised Diversity: on the Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions. In: Macmillan, F (ed.) New Directions in Copyright Law, 6. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 199-231. ISBN 978 1 84542 265 3
2006
Rahmatian, A. (2006) The Property Theory of Lord Kames (Henry Home). International Journal of Law in Context, 2(2), pp. 177-205.
Rahmatian, A. (2006) Teaching Intellectual Property Law as a Law Undergraduate Course in Scotland. European Journal of Legal Education, 3(2), pp. 85-99.
2005
Rahmatian, A. (2005) Copyright and Commodification. European Intellectual Property Review, 27(10), pp. 371-378.
Rahmatian, A. (2005) Music and Creativity as perceived by Copyright Law. Intellectual Property Quarterly, 3, pp. 267-293.
Rahmatian, A. (2005) Infringing Use of a Trade Mark as a Criminal Offence. In: Philips, J. and Simon, I. (eds.) Trade Mark Use. Oxford University Press: Oxford, 203-22-. ISBN 0-19-928033-9
2004
Rahmatian, A. (2004) Trade mark infringement as a criminal offence: Case comment. Modern Law Review, 67(4), pp. 670-683.
Rahmatian, A. (2004) Vestiges of a Scottish Intellectual Property Law?: Case Comment. Juridical Review(2), pp. 209-212.
Rahmatian, A. (2004) Codification of private law in Scotland: observations by a civil lawyer. Edinburgh Law Review, 8(1), pp. 28-56. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2004.8.1.31)
2003
Rahmatian, A. (2003) Contracts infringing Intellectual Property Rights. Intellectual Property Quarterly, 4, pp. 411-444.
2002
Rahmatian, A. (2002) Issue and transfer of shares in a company under English and German law: an outline. Company Lawyer, 23(8), pp. 252-260.
1999
Rahmatian, A. (1999) Infringement of Trade Marks in the United Kingdom and in Austria. European Intellectual Property Review, 21(7), pp. 354-363.
Rahmatian, A. (1999) Austria: Money-Laundering Prevention and Control. Journal of Money Laundering Control, 2(3), pp. 265-278.
1997
Rahmatian, A. (1997) Die Agentenmarke [Bad faith trade mark registration by an agent]. Österreichische Blätter für Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht [Austrian Journal of Intellectual Property Law], pp. 279-286.
Rahmatian, A. (1997) Zivil- und standesrechtliche Probleme im Zusammenhang mit der zweiseitigen Treuhand [Conflicts of interest under private law and professional conduct rules for solicitors/attorneys at law acting as trustees for seller and buyer]. Österreichisches Anwaltsblatt [Austrian Journal for the Attorneys at Law], pp. 454-458.
1996
Rahmatian, A. (1996) Der Bereicherungsausgleich in Zessionslagen [Unjust enrichment in relation to assignments]. Series: Europäische Hochschulschriften, 1989. Peter Lang: Vienna. ISBN 3-631-30609-1
Rahmatian, A. (1996) Termination of marriage in Nigerian family laws: The need for reform and the relevance of the Tanzanian experience. International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 10(3), pp. 281-316.
Articles
Rahmatian, A. (2024) “European” originality in copyright law in the English case of THJ Systems Ltd. v. Sheridan. IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, 55(7), pp. 1166-1173. (doi: 10.1007/s40319-024-01476-2)
Rahmatian, A. (2024) Copyright and artificial intelligence – is there anything new to say? European Intellectual Property Review, 46(1), pp. 25-33.
Rahmatian, A. (2024) The musical work in copyright law. GRUR International, 73(1), pp. 18-33. (doi: 10.1093/grurint/ikad105)
Rahmatian, A. (2023) Central Bank digital currency – is it a new currency? Some definitions and differentiations. Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation, 38(11), pp. 407-413.
Rahmatian, A. (2023) The two forms of legal time: Pierre Legendre’s “La Durée poignardée”: Remarques sur la structure et le temps. Law and Critique, (doi: 10.1007/s10978-023-09354-5) (Early Online Publication)
Rahmatian, A. (2022) Der feudale Liberalismus des englischen Liegenschaftsrechts. Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht, 2, pp. 273-301.
Rahmatian, A. (2021) Was ist an LEGO® eigentlich noch schützbar? Eine tour d’horizon durch das Immaterialgüterrecht. Medien und Recht International, 2021(2), pp. 51-61.
Rahmatian, A. (2021) Herausforderungen an den Urheberrechtsschutz für europäische und außereuropäische Musik. Bulletin Kunst and Recht, 2021(1), pp. 73-95.
Rahmatian, A. (2020) Debts, money, intellectual property, data and the concept of dematerialised property. Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and E-Commerce Law, 11(2), pp. 186-199.
Rahmatian, A. (2019) Das konzeptionelle Problem des Rechtsschutzes für traditionelles Wissen und traditionelle Kultur. Kritische Justiz, 52(2), pp. 159-175. (doi: 10.5771/0023-4834-2019-2)
Rahmatian, A. (2019) Electronic money and cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin): suggestions for definitions. Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation, 34(3), pp. 115-121.
Rahmatian, A. (2019) Denis Diderot's 'Lettre sur le commerce de la librairie' (1763/1767): A reappraisal. Intellectual Property Quarterly, 3, pp. 179-195.
Rahmatian, A. (2018) Brexit and Scotland: Centralism, federalism or independence? European Review, 26(4), pp. 616-647. (doi: 10.1017/S1062798718000054)
Rahmatian, A. (2018) Money as a legally enforceable debt. European Business Law Review, 29(2), pp. 205-236.
Rahmatian, A. (2018) The role of institutional writers in Scots law. Juridical Review, 2018(1), pp. 42-63.
Rahmatian, A. (2018) Alchemistic metaphors in comparative law: mixed legal systems, reception of laws and legal transplants. Journal of Civil Law Studies, 11(2), pp. 231-267.
Rahmatian, A. (2017) The political purpose of the ‘mixed legal system’ conception in the law of Scotland. Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, 24(6), pp. 843-863. (doi: 10.1177/1023263X17745802)
Rahmatian, A. (2017) Brief speculations about changes to intellectual property law in the UK after ‘Brexit’. Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 12(6), pp. 510-515. (doi: 10.1093/jiplp/jpx055)
Rahmatian, A. (2017) Indirect sovereignty through property rights. Notre Dame Journal of International and Comparative Law, 7(2), pp. 58-90. 4.
Rahmatian, A. (2016) European copyright inside or outside the European Union: pluralism of copyright laws and the ‘‘Herderian paradox’’. International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, 47(8), pp. 912-940. (doi: 10.1007/s40319-016-0531-4)
Rahmatian, A. (2015) The influence of Lord Kames (Henry Home) on some of the founders of the United States. Historia et Ius, 7, pp. 1-48.
Rahmatian, A. (2015) University academics as employees and creators of copyright works: university academics as owners of copyright? European Intellectual Property Review, 37(6), pp. 355-358.
Rahmatian, A. (2014) Make the butterflies fly in formation? Management of copyright created by academics in UK universities. Legal Studies, 34(4), pp. 709-735. (doi: 10.1111/lest.12040)
Rahmatian, A. (2014) Money as a normative text. Journal of International Business and Law, 13, pp. 221-230.
Rahmatian, A. (2013) Symposium on legal domains and comparative law: legal domains quadrangular wheels? Edinburgh Law Review, 17(3), pp. 427-430. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2013.0173)
Rahmatian, A. (2013) A fundamental critique of the law-and-economics analysis of intellectual property rights. Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review, 17(2), pp. 191-229.
Rahmatian, A. (2013) Originality in UK Copyright Law: The Old 'Skill and Labour' Doctrine Under Pressure. International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, 44(4), pp. 4-34. (doi: 10.1007/s40319-012-0003-4)
Rahmatian, A. (2012) The English pound in an independent Scotland. Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation, 27(9), pp. 336-339.
Rahmatian, A. (2012) Temple Island Collections v New English Teas: an incorrect decision based on the right law? European Intellectual Property Review, 34(11), pp. 796-799.
Rahmatian, A. (2011) The Hargreaves Review on copyright licensing and exceptions: a missed moment of opportunity. Entertainment Law Review, 22(8), pp. 219-223.
Rahmatian, A. (2011) Must cheques disappear by 2018? Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation, 26(7), pp. 310-312.
Rahmatian, A. (2010) Is copyright good for music? Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 5(12), pp. 869-873. (doi: 10.1093/jiplp/jpq139)
Rahmatian, A. (2010) Psychological aspects of property and ownership [translated into Chinese]. Private Law Review: Si fa yan jiu, 8(2), pp. 121-142.
Rahmatian, A. (2009) The Concepts of 'Musical Work' and 'Originality' in UK Copyright Law - Sawkins v. Hyperion as a Test Case. International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, 40(5), pp. 560-591.
Rahmatian, A. (2009) The continued relevance of the 'Poor Relations' and the 'Poor Employees' cases under the Charities Act 2006. Conveyancer and Property Lawyer, 73(1), pp. 12-20.
Rahmatian, A. (2009) Neo-colonial aspects of global intellectual property protection. Journal of World Intellectual Property, 12(1), pp. 40-74. (doi: 10.1111/j.1747-1796.2008.00349.x)
Rahmatian, A. (2008) A comparison of German moveable property law and English personal property law. Journal of Comparative Law, 3(1), pp. 197-248.
Rahmatian, A. (2008) Psychological Aspects of Property and Ownership. Liverpool Law Review, 29(3), pp. 287-308. (doi: 10.1007/s10991-008-9046-5)
Rahmatian, A. (2007) Friedrich Carl v. Savigny's Beruf and Volksgeistlehre. Journal of Legal History, 28(1), pp. 1-29.
Rahmatian, A. (2007) The Gowers Review on Copyright Term Extension. European Intellectual Property Review, 29(9), pp. 353-356.
Rahmatian, A. (2006) The Property Theory of Lord Kames (Henry Home). International Journal of Law in Context, 2(2), pp. 177-205.
Rahmatian, A. (2006) Teaching Intellectual Property Law as a Law Undergraduate Course in Scotland. European Journal of Legal Education, 3(2), pp. 85-99.
Rahmatian, A. (2005) Copyright and Commodification. European Intellectual Property Review, 27(10), pp. 371-378.
Rahmatian, A. (2005) Music and Creativity as perceived by Copyright Law. Intellectual Property Quarterly, 3, pp. 267-293.
Rahmatian, A. (2004) Trade mark infringement as a criminal offence: Case comment. Modern Law Review, 67(4), pp. 670-683.
Rahmatian, A. (2004) Vestiges of a Scottish Intellectual Property Law?: Case Comment. Juridical Review(2), pp. 209-212.
Rahmatian, A. (2004) Codification of private law in Scotland: observations by a civil lawyer. Edinburgh Law Review, 8(1), pp. 28-56. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2004.8.1.31)
Rahmatian, A. (2003) Contracts infringing Intellectual Property Rights. Intellectual Property Quarterly, 4, pp. 411-444.
Rahmatian, A. (2002) Issue and transfer of shares in a company under English and German law: an outline. Company Lawyer, 23(8), pp. 252-260.
Rahmatian, A. (2000) Non-assignability of authors' rights in Austria and Germany and its relation to the concept of creativity in civil law jurisdictions generally: a comparison with UK copyright law. Entertainment Law Review, 11(5), pp. 95-103.
Rahmatian, A. (1999) Infringement of Trade Marks in the United Kingdom and in Austria. European Intellectual Property Review, 21(7), pp. 354-363.
Rahmatian, A. (1999) Austria: Money-Laundering Prevention and Control. Journal of Money Laundering Control, 2(3), pp. 265-278.
Rahmatian, A. (1997) Die Agentenmarke [Bad faith trade mark registration by an agent]. Österreichische Blätter für Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht [Austrian Journal of Intellectual Property Law], pp. 279-286.
Rahmatian, A. (1997) Zivil- und standesrechtliche Probleme im Zusammenhang mit der zweiseitigen Treuhand [Conflicts of interest under private law and professional conduct rules for solicitors/attorneys at law acting as trustees for seller and buyer]. Österreichisches Anwaltsblatt [Austrian Journal for the Attorneys at Law], pp. 454-458.
Rahmatian, A. (1996) Termination of marriage in Nigerian family laws: The need for reform and the relevance of the Tanzanian experience. International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 10(3), pp. 281-316.
Books
Rahmatian, A. (2019) Credit and Creed: a Critical Legal Theory of Money. Series: Routledge Research in Finance and Banking Law. Routledge. ISBN 9780367181031
Rahmatian, A. (2015) Lord Kames: Legal and Social Theorist. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh. ISBN 9780748676736 (doi: 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748676736.001.0001)
Rahmatian, A. (2011) Copyright and Creativity: The Making of Property Rights in Creative Works. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham. ISBN 9781848442467
Rahmatian, A. (1996) Der Bereicherungsausgleich in Zessionslagen [Unjust enrichment in relation to assignments]. Series: Europäische Hochschulschriften, 1989. Peter Lang: Vienna. ISBN 3-631-30609-1
Book Sections
Rahmatian, A. (2025) The proprietary nature of virtual property. In: Rees, E. and Dixon, M. (eds.) Modern Studies in Property Law. Hart Publishing. (Accepted for Publication)
Rahmatian, A. (2025) Droit de suite (artist’s resale right). In: Torremans, Paul, Stamatoudi, Irini, Yu, Peter K. and Jütte, Bernd Justin (eds.) Elgar Encyclopedia of Intellectual Property Law. Edward Elgar. ISBN 9781800886926 (doi: 10.4337/9781800886933.droit.suite) (Accepted for Publication)
Rahmatian, A. (2025) EU Directive on Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market (Directive 2019/790). In: Torremans, Paul, Stamatoudi, Irini, Yu, Peter K. and Jütte, Bernd Justin (eds.) Elgar Encyclopedia of Intellectual Property Law. Edward Elgar. ISBN 9781800886926 (doi: 10.4337/9781800886933.eu.directive) (Accepted for Publication)
Rahmatian, A. (2025) EU Resale Right Directive. In: Torremans, Paul, Stamatoudi, Irini, Yu, Peter K. and Jütte, Bernd Justin (eds.) Elgar Encyclopedia of Intellectual Property Law. Edward Elgar. ISBN 9781800886926 (doi: 10.4337/9781800886933.eu.resale.right.directive) (Accepted for Publication)
Rahmatian, A. (2024) Die zwei Formen der gesetzlichen Zeit – Pierre Legendres Die durchbohrte Zeit: Bemerkungen zu Struktur und Zeit. In: Becker, Katrin and Musso, Pierre (eds.) Pierre Legendre: Einführungen in sein Werk. Velbrück Wissenschaft: Weilerswist, pp. 181-196. ISBN 9783958323698
Rahmatian, A. (2024) Moderne Kunst in der Tradition: Der Schutz der Kunst und ihrer traditionellen Einflüsse. In: Mosimann, Peter and Schönenberger, Beat (eds.) Kunst & Recht 2023 / Art & Law 2023: Referate zur gleichnamigen Veranstaltung der Juristischen Fakultät der Universität Basel vom 16. Juni 2023 (deutsch/englisch). Series: Schriftenreihe Kultur & Recht (13). Stämpfli Verlag: Bern, pp. 17-46. ISBN 9783727245336
Rahmatian, A. (2023) Les deux formes du temps légal : « La durée poignardée » : Remarques sur la structure et le temps de Pierre Legendre. In: Becker, Katrin and Musso, Pierre (eds.) Introductions à l'œuvre de Pierre Legendre. Editions Manucius, pp. 172-188. ISBN 9782845787926
Rahmatian, A. (2020) Scottish Independence: the romantic game. In: Donat, Elisabeth, Meyer, Sarah and Abels, Gabriele (eds.) European Regions: Perspectives, Trends and Developments in the 21st Century. Transcript Verlag: Bielefeld, pp. 99-116. ISBN 9783839450697 (doi: 10.14361/9783839450697-007)
Rahmatian, A. (2020) Geistiges Eigentum und „traditionelle“ Kunst. In: Weller, Matthias, Kemle, Nicolai B., Dreier, Thomas and Kuprecht, Karolina (eds.) Raubkunst und Restitution – Zwischen Kolonialzeit und Washington Principles: Tagungsband des Dreizehnten Heidelberger Kunstrechtstags am 18. und 19. Oktober 2019. Nomos: Baden-Baden, pp. 125-152. ISBN 9783708920672
Rahmatian, A. (2017) The nature of laws in law and in economics. In: Longo, G. (ed.) Lois des dieux, des hommes et de la nature: Éléments pour une analyse transversale. Spartacus-idh: Paris, pp. 109-142.
Rahmatian, A. (2016) 'Man as a complex machine' and the 'springs of action': the mechanistic idea of human nature in the moral philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment. In: Musso, Pierre (ed.) Imaginaire, industrie et innovation (Colloque de Cerisy 2015). Éditions Manucius: Paris, pp. 168-177. ISBN 9782845784628
Rahmatian, A. (2015) The elements of music relevant for copyright protection. In: Rahmatian, Andreas (ed.) Concepts of Music and Copyright: How Music Perceives Itself and How Copyright Perceives Music. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 78-122. ISBN 9781783478187
Rahmatian, A. (2015) Cyberspace and intellectual property rights. In: Tsagourias, Nicholas T. and Buchan, Russell (eds.) Research Handbook on International Law and Cyberspace. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 72-93. ISBN 9781782547389
Rahmatian, A. (2014) Sale of goods. In: MacNeil, Iain G. (ed.) Scots Commercial Law. Avizandum: Edinburgh, pp. 167-206. ISBN 9781904968566
Rahmatian, A. (2013) A fundamental critique of the law-and-economics analysis of intellectual property rights. In: Dinwoodie, G.B. (ed.) Methods and Perspectives in Intellectual Property. Series: ATRIP intellectual property series. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 71-113. ISBN 9781782549970
Rahmatian, A. (2011) Introduction: Lord Kames and his Principles of Equity. In: Lord Kames (Henry Home), Principles of Equity. Vols. I and II. Lawbook Exchange: Clark, N.J., USA, pp. 1-69. ISBN 9781616191672
Rahmatian, A. (2011) Intellectual Property and the Concept of Dematerialised Property. In: Bright, S. (ed.) Modern Studies in Property Law. Hart Publishing: Oxford, pp. 361-383. ISBN 1849461856
Rahmatian, A. (2010) Copyright Protection for the Restoration, Reconstruction and Digitisation of Public Domain Works. In: Derclaye, E. (ed.) Copyright And Cultural Heritage Preservation and Access to Works in a Digital World. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 51-76. ISBN 978 1 84980 004 4
Rahmatian, A. (2009) Dealing with Rights in Copyright-protected Works: Assignments and Licences. In: Derclaye, E (ed.) Research Handbook on the Future of EU Copyright. Series: Research Handbooks in Intellectual Property. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 286-316. ISBN 978 1 84720 392 2
Rahmatian, A. (2008) Trade Marks and Human Rights. In: Torremans, P (ed.) Intellectual Property and Human Rights. Wolters Kluwer, pp. 335-357. ISBN 9789041126535
Rahmatian, A. (2007) Universalist Norms for a Globalised Diversity: on the Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions. In: Macmillan, F (ed.) New Directions in Copyright Law, 6. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 199-231. ISBN 978 1 84542 265 3
Rahmatian, A. (2005) Infringing Use of a Trade Mark as a Criminal Offence. In: Philips, J. and Simon, I. (eds.) Trade Mark Use. Oxford University Press: Oxford, 203-22-. ISBN 0-19-928033-9
Edited Books
Rahmatian, A. (Ed.) (2017) Lord Kames: Selected Writings. Imprint Academic. ISBN 9781845409128
Rahmatian, A. (Ed.) (2015) Concepts of Music and Copyright: How Music Perceives Itself and How Copyright Perceives Music. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham. ISBN 9781783478187
Grants
Dr Andreas Rahmatian has been awarded the following grants:
2014
£10,250 awarded by the Nantes Institute for Advanced Study for research on A Critical Theory of Money.
2013
£2,200 awarded by the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland for research travel to Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, USA for Research on Lord Kames.
2012
£500 awarded by The Clark Foundation for Legal Education for Academic research on the true relevance of the Institutional Writer in Scots legal practice today.
Supervision
- Mičik, Lorena
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