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"In these challenging, digital times, separation of powers and antitrust both occupy centre stage, but their interactions have yet to be analysed. This timely and innovative book explores their potential convergence, notably examining the concentration of politico-economic power in the hands of a few digital platforms"--
List of contents
Introduction; Part I.: Foundations; Chapter 1. Power; Chapter 2. Economic Content of the Separation of Powers Theories?; Chapter 3. Political Content of Antitrust from a Historical Perspective; Chapter 4. Political Content of Antitrust in the Digital Era; Part II.: Interactions; Chapter 5. Separation of Powers in Antitrust; Chapter 6. Antitrust in Separation of Powers; Part III.: Toward a New Separation of Powers; Chapter 7. General Issues; Chapter 8. Promises and Shortcomings of Recent or Proposed Legislation; Chapter 9. New Politico-Economic Axes of the Separation of Powers; Chapter 10. New Institutional and Individual Axes of the Separation of Powers; Conclusion.
About the author
Vincent Martenet is the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Criminal Sciences and Public Administration at the University of Lausanne where he teaches Swiss and comparative constitutional law, as well as competition law. He has occupied various positions at the Swiss Competition Commission, which he chaired from July 2010 until December 2017, and is currently a Deputy Justice at the Supreme Court of Switzerland. His fields of interest include constitutional law, comparative public law, and competition law.
Summary
In these challenging, digital times, separation of powers and antitrust both occupy centre stage, but their interactions have yet to be analysed. This timely and innovative book explores their potential convergence, notably examining the concentration of politico-economic power in the hands of a few digital platforms.
Foreword
An innovative book on the concentration of power which examines the combined perspectives of separation of powers and antitrust in democracy.
