019826285X 9780198262855 acid-free paper 0199244014 9780199244010
Alternate Call Number
T 23 GER.L
Summary
Protecting economic competition has become a major objective of government in Western Europe, and competition law has become a central part of economic and legal experience. National competition laws have long helped to shape the relationship between government and the economy, and their influence has grown dramatically during the last decade. Competition law has also played key roles in the process of European integration, and it is likely to continue to do so in the future. This book examines European experience in protecting competition, analyzing the dynamics of European competition law systems, revealing their impacts and assessing the political and economic issues they raise.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-468) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
I. Introduction II. Freedom, Law, and Competition: The Nineteenth Century as Prelude III. Fin-de-Siecle Austria: Conceiving Competition Law IV. Germany Before the First World War: Fashioning the Discourse V. The Interwar Period: Competition Law Takes Root VI. The Postwar Decades: Competition Law and Administrative Policy VII. Ordoliberalism: A New Intellectual Framework for Competition Law VIII. Competition Law and Germany's Social Market Economy IX. Competition Law and European Integration: The Competition Law of the European Union X. 1986 and After: Competition Law, the Member States, and the European Union XI. Law, Regulation, and Competition: Europe and the Market.