Competition and Antitrust Law - A Very Short Introduction

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: The Power of Competition


• 2: Markets


• 3: The goals and scope of competition and antitrust laws


• 4: What is the optimal level of enforcement?


• 5: The legal framework


• 6: Who enforces the law?


• 7: The fight against cartels


• 8: Horizontal and vertical agreements


• 9: Monopolies and the abuse of market power


• 10: Mergers and acquisitions


• 11: The international dimension


• Further Reading


• References


• Index

About the author

Ariel Ezrachi is the Slaughter and May Professor of Competition Law at the University of Oxford and the Director of the University of Oxford Centre for Competition Law and Policy. He is the co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Antitrust Enforcement (OUP) and the author, co-author and editor of numerous books, including Competition Overdose (2020 HarperCollins) and Virtual Competition (2016, Harvard). Professor Ezrachi's research and commentary have been featured in The Economist, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Guardian, Nikkei, Politico, WIRED and other international outlets

Summary

Explores the promise and limitations of competitive market dynamics, looking at the threats to competition--cartels, agreements, monopolies, and mergers--and the laws in place across the US and European Union to safeguard the process of competition.

Product details

• Authors: Ariel Ezrachi, Ariel (Slaughter and May Professor of Com Ezrachi
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.07.2021
• EAN: 9780198860303
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886030-3
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Very Short Introductions
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, LAW / Commercial / General, LAW / Corporate, LAW / Antitrust, Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law, Laws Of Specific Jurisdictions, Company, commercial & competition law, Company, commercial and competition law: general, Competition law / Antitrust law