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Antitrust law : economic theory and common law evolution /
This book is an effort to consolidate several different perspectives on antitrust law. Specific topics covered include perfect competition versus monopoly, enforcement, cartels, section 1 doctrine, rule of reason, agreement, boycott, power, vertical restraints, tying and exclusive dealing, horizonta...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Economics. Definitions ; Perfect competition versus monopoly ; Further topics
- Law and policy. Some interpretations issues ; Enacting the antitrust law ; What should antitrust law aim to do?
- Enforcement. Optimal enforcement theory ; Enforcement provision of the antitrust laws ; Appendix
- Cartels. Cartels ; Conscious parallelism ; Conclusion
- Development of Section 1 doctrine. The Sherman Act versus the common law ; Rule of reason and per-se rule ; Conclusion
- Rule of reason and per-se rule. The case for price-fixing ; Per-se and rule of reason analysis: further developments ; Per-se versus rule of reason tests: understanding the Supreme Court's justification for the per-se rule
- Agreement. The development of inference doctrine ; Rejection of unilateral contract theory
- Facilitating mechanisms. Data dissemination cases ; Basing point pricing and related practices ; Basing point pricing: economics
- Boycotts. Pre-Socony ; Post-Socony ; Post-BMI/Sylvania ; Conclusion
- Monopolization. Development of Section 2 doctrine ; Leveraging and essential facility cases ; Predatory pricing ; Conclusion
- Power. Measuring market power ; Determinants of market power ; Substitutability and the relevant market: cellophane ; Multi-market monopoly and the relevant market: Alcoa ; Measuring power: guidelines
- Attempts. The Swift formula and modern doctrine ; Dangerous probability requirement
- Vertical restraints. Resale price maintenance ; Vertical nonprice restraints ; Manufacturer retains title ; Agreement
- Tying and exclusive dealing. Introduction ; Early cases ; Development of the per-se rule ; Tension between rule of reason arguments and per-se rule ; Technological tying ; Exclusive dealing ; Appendix
- Horizontal Mergers. Reasons for merging and implications for law ; Horizontal merger law ; Conclusion ; Appendix
- Mergers, vertical and conglomerate. Vertical mergers ; Conglomerate mergers ; Concluding remarks
- Antitrust and the state. Noerr-Pennington doctrine ; Parker doctrine ; Some final comments: error costs and immunity doctrines.