Competition Law: Analysis, Cases, & Materials

by Ioannis Lianos, Valentine Korah, Paolo Siciliani

Overview

This casebook, designed for a readership of graduate students, policy makers, and practitioners in competition law, aims to provide a comprehensive reference on EU and UK competition law. While the majority of the text comprises analysis supplemented with detailed commentary and analysis of judgments, NCA and Commission decisions, and legislation, the casebook also gives a high-level introduction to the design and history of EU and UK competition law, including an overview of the main actors and their objectives, furnishing students with the understanding of the law required to practise competition law. In particular, the casebook takes an interdisciplinary approach to the subject, featuring a substantial section on the economic context of competition law accessible even to those with no economics background. The book is accompanied by specialist volumes on intellectual property and enforcement and procedure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192561169
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	08/21/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1216
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Ioannis Lianos holds the Chair in Global Competition Law and Public Policy at the Faculty of Laws, University College London, and the Gutenberg Research Chair at the Ecole Nationale d'Administration in France. He is the founder and Director of the Centre for Law, Economics and Society at UCL Laws and Chief researcher at the HSE-Skolkovo Institute for Law&Development. He has also been a Non-Governmental Advisor at the International Competition Network since 2009. Valentine Korah is Emeritus Professor of Competition Law at the UCL Faculty of Laws. Paolo Siciliani is a competition expert at the Bank of England's Prudential Regulation Authority and a Visiting Lecturer at UCL Faculty of Laws.

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Institutional actors, design and history of the EU and UK Competition Law Systems
2. The goals of EU and UK Competition Law
3. The economics of competition law: relevant market and market power
4. The personal scope of the EU and UK Competition Law
5. The elements of Article 101 TFEU/ Chapter I CA 98: Collusion
6. The elements of Article 101 TFEU/ Chapter I of the UK Competition Act: Restriction of Competition
7. Horizontal restrictions of competition
8. Abuse of dominant position: Main elements
9. Abuse of a dominant position (specific abuses)
10. Distribution Agreements
11. The oligopoly problem in competition law
12. Mergers

Editorial Reviews

"Those looking for a clear, up-to-date and authoritative, yet very readable, account of EU and UK competition law, should look at this new casebook as an excellent alternative to other available textbooks." — Riccardo Sciaudone, The European Law Observatory

"This is a remarkable and ambitious work. Part treatise, part casebook, part critique, the authors not only survey substantive competition law as applicable in the EU and the UK, but also examine its theoretical and economic background and rationale. The text is replete with references to academic sources and there are included extensive extracts from some of the leading cases and scholarly articles, followed by questions to stimulate teaching and discussion. The various and evolving economic approaches to competition issues are explained in a manner intelligible to the non-economist. The book will prove a valuable resource to academics, practitioners and graduate students seeking a sophisticated exploration of the subject." — Sir Peter Roth, President, UK Competition Appeal Tribunal

"If one wants to know how a few articles in an old international treaty evolved into a full, comprehensive and buoyant legal discipline at both EU and UK level, the book by Ioannis Lianos, Valentine Korah with Paolo Siciliani makes compulsory reading." — Marc van der Woude, Judge, General Court of the EU

"This book by Lianos, Korah with Siciliani offers an up to date detailed analysis of EU and UK competition law, explored in their historical, economic and political context. It constitutes a wonderful and successful effort in combining legal and economic analysis, with a critical perspective on the evolution of competition law in Europe. It is highly recommended for both practitioners and graduate students." — Tommaso Valletti, Chief competition economist, European Commission

"This new book is oriented to students as well as asking the crucial questions which should make practitioners (and the occasional judge!) scratch their heads. ... This work deserves to do well." — Ian Forrester, Judge at the General Court of the EU

"This comprehensive text and case analysis promises to be an indispensable tool for any scholar of EU and UK competition law. Not only does it integrate competition law with its underlying economic and political theory, but it also includes a panoramic treatment of the history of the way that competition policy has reflected changing economic doctrine. It also incorporates numerous, suggestive cross references to United States law. As the authors note, several topics that have lay idle for years, including industrial concentration, are once again moving to the foreground, and this book both reflects and anticipates these developments. The book is well organized, serious but not overly technical, and will be accessible even to legal scholars without a strong background in economics. ... This is a "must have" for every serious student of competition law and policy. " — Professor Herbert Hovenkamp, James G. Dinan University Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School

"The European Union now leads the way in setting standards for and shaping key debates in competition policy and law internationally. Professor Lianos and his colleagues have produced a detailed, integrated and up-to-date resource that will prove invaluable to students, scholars, practitioners and enforcement officials around the globe." — Professor Caron Beaton-Wells, Professor of competition law at the University of Melbourne Law School

"This book is an intellectual tour de force, and is an important addition to the literature on competition law and policy. Its greatest strength is its interdisciplinarity, providing the reader with a solid foundation in both the law and economics of the subject. Warm congratulations to the authors. " Professor Richard Whish QC, Emeritus Professor of Competition Law, King's College London

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