Lawyers will enjoy learning about beer and how the law has shaped the brewing industry over the years, while brewers and beer drinkers will find an accessible overview of the complex laws that impact beer and brewing.
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1. About beer, beer brewing, and beer law; 2. Germany - purity laws, beer gardens and beer wars; 3. Healthy laws for unhealthy beers? ; 4. The Nordic countries - from 'lagom' to the extreme and back again; 5. Beer seen through intellectual property glasses, and intellectual property through beer glasses. . . ; 6. Belgium as a beer country (or beer as a Belgian country?); 7. Consumer protection and unfair competition law; 8. Czech beer culture - the Urquell and 'going for a one'; 9. Contracts, competition, international trade, and the environment; 11. Why tax beer - what has it achieved? ; 12. British and Irish beer traditions; 13. Broader lessons from the regulation of beer; Postscript.