Confucian Culture and Competition Law in East Asia

This timely book explores the relevance of culture in the development and practice of competition law in East Asia, shedding light on differences that may present challenges to deeper convergence of competition laws between East and West. Interested readers will include legal scholars, practitioners and competition agency officials.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Confucian Culture and Its Influence in East Asia; 3. Confucian Business Culture and Its Implications for Competition Law; 4. Confucian Corporate Culture and Competition Compliance; 5. Confucian Political-Bureaucratic Culture and Its Links with the Administrative Enforcement of Competition Law; 6. Confucian 'Litigation Culture' and the Under-development of Private Antitrust Enforcement; 7. East Asian Legal Culture and the Regional Response to the Criminalization of Cartel Conduct; 8. Conclusion.

About the author

Jingyuan Ma is Associate Professor at the School of Law of Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China. She obtained her PhD from the University of Hamburg, Erasmus University Rotterdam and the University of Bologna, taking part in the European Doctorate in Law and Economics programme (EDLE).Mel Marquis is Deputy Associate Dean and Senior Lecturer at Monash Law School, Melbourne, Australia. He has taught law at several universities in Europe and Asia. He is Special Editor for Competition Law of European Papers: A Journal on Law and Integration, and he is a member of the Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies. He is a co-founder and co-director of the Monash Inter-Faculty Competition Law and Economics group, and a co-founder of the Rome Antitrust Forum.

Summary

This timely book explores the relevance of culture in the development and practice of competition law in East Asia, shedding light on differences that may present challenges to deeper convergence of competition laws between East and West. Interested readers will include legal scholars, practitioners and competition agency officials.

Foreword

Shows how cultural factors have influenced the development of competition law in China, Japan and Korea.

Product details

• Authors: Ma Mel Marquis Jingyuan Ma, Jingyuan Ma, Jingyuan Marquis Ma, Ma Jingyuan, Mel Marquis, Marquis Mel
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9781108488235
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48823-5
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, LAW / Commercial / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industrial Management, LAW / Corporate, LAW / Antitrust, Politics & government, Comparative Politics, Politics and government, Economics of industrial organisation, Economics of industrial organization, Company, commercial & competition law, Company, commercial and competition law: general, Competition law / Antitrust law