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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792587803321

Autore

Gerber David J

Titolo

Global competition [[electronic resource] ] : law, markets and globalization / / David Gerber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2012, c2010

ISBN

0-19-171135-7

1-283-57676-7

9786613889218

0-19-163361-5

0-19-163362-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (838 p.)

Disciplina

343.0721

Soggetti

Antitrust law (International law)

Law and globalization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-390) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Sovereignty as the framework for global competition -- pt. 2. Domestic experience and global competition law -- pt. 3. Competition law as a transnational project.

Sommario/riassunto

Global competition now shapes economies and societies in ways unimaginable only a few years ago, and competition (or 'antitrust') law is a key component of the legal framework for global competition. These laws are intended to protect competition from distortion and restraint, and on the national level they reflect the relationships between markets, their participants, and those affected by them. The current legal framework for the global economy is provided, however, by nationallaws and institutions. This means that those few governments that have sufficient 'power' to apply their laws to con