1st Edition

Competition Law

Edited By Rosa Greaves Copyright 2003
650 Pages
by Routledge

This book was published in 2003. Competition/anti-trust law, as a separate body of law, is very much a creation of the 20th century and grew only in maturity in the latter half of that century. As developments in US anti-trust law have had, and continue to have, an important influence on the development of competition law in Europe and worldwide, articles have been selected for this collection... Read more
1: The Objectives and Nature of Competition Law; 1: The Concept(s) of Competition; 2: The American (Anti-trust) Revolution; The Economic Concerns of Competition Law; 3: Wealth Transfers as the Original and Primary Concern of Antitrust; 4: The Criterion of Economic Performance in the Anti-Trust Policies of the United States and the European Economic Community; The Political Concerns of Competition Law; 5: The Political Content of Antitrust; 6: E.E.C. Competition Rules; The Extraterritoriality Application of Competition Law; 7: Extraterritorial Application of E.C. and U.S. Competition Law; 2: The Scope of Competition Law; Vertical Restraints; 8: Vertical Arrangements and the Rule of Reason; 9: The Rule of Reason and the Economic Approach; Public Undertakings and State Aids; 10: Article 90, Economic Policy and the Duties of Member States; 11: The Velvet Revolution; 3: Selected Legal Concepts and Challenges in Competition Law; The Rule of Reason and Per Se Rules; 12: The “Rule of Reason” in Antitrust Law; 13: Article 85 and the Rule of Reason; Dominance, Concerted Practices and Joint Dominance; 14: Concept of a Dominant Position within the Meaning of Article 86; 15: An Analysis of the Principles of Concerted Practice and Collective Dominance; 16: The Herchel Smith Lecture 1998; Essential Facilities Doctrine; 17: Essential Facilities Doctrine in EC Anti-trust Law; Abuse; 18: Law and the Abuse of Economic Power in Europe; 19: Predation; Efficiency Defence in Mergers; 20: Efficiency Considerations in the Assessment of Horizontal Mergers under European and U.S. Antitrust Law; 4: Competition Law and the Global Economy; 21: The Dilemma of Regulating International Competition under the WTO System; 22: Neo-Realism and the International Harmonization of Law

Biography

Rosa Greaves