The 'Right to Damages' Under Eu Competition Law: From Courage V. Crehan to the White Paper and Beyond

Through the perception of 'private enforcement' of EU competition law as an enduring legal and socio-political reality that is likely to remain, this book sheds new light on EU constitutional law and the ever-expanding influence of EU law on (largely national) private law.

List of contents

Introduction. 1. Competition Law and Enforcement. 2. Commission Initiatives: From the Deringer Report to the Modernisation Regulation. 3. The Rise of the Right to Damages. 4. Developing the Right to Damages. 5. The Concepts of Liability, Legal Basis and Fault. 6. Damage, Damages and Causation. 7. Nullity. 8. Restitution. 9. Pass-on, Indirect Purchasers and Antitrust Injury: 'The Right Plaintiff' under US Law. 10. The 'Right Plaintiff' under EU Law. 11. The 'Binding Effect' of Commission Decisions. 12. The Binding Effect of Decisions of National Competition Authorities. 13. Legislating the Right to Damages. 14. General Conclusions and a Possible Additional Option. Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Milutinoviand, Milutinovic, Veljko Milutinovic
• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2010
• EAN: 9789041132352
• ISBN: 978-90-411-3235-2
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 249 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 865 g