Overview
In recent years European Community (EC) competition law has come under fire. Continued criticism of all aspects of the means by which EC competition law is enforced has brought to light ineffectiveness of the present system. Consequently the European Commission has responded by issuing the “White Paper on Modernisation”,which sets out its vision on the future of EC competition law. This new book takes a step back, and tries to understand the current challenges to EC competition policy by examining the origins of the Community’s competition law system. In the first part of the book the author sketches the development of Community competition law enforcement between the European Economic Community, established in 1958, and the European Union of today. Taking this dynamic perspective on EC competition law, the second part of the book addresses topical problems of EC competition policy; the pertinent objectives, the institutional framework, the division of jurisdiction between the Community and Member States, and decentralised enforcement of Community law. Notably, the author’s conclusions diverge considerably from the analysis found in the Commission White Paper on Modernisation. The author proposes various alternative solutions to the existing problems which, arguably, fit better within the overall constitutional development of the Community than the solutions offered by the Commission. The book will be of interest to competition lawyers as well as to all those interested in the constitutional development of the European Community.
Full Product Details
Author: Rein Wesseling
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Hart Publishing
Volume: 2
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.530kg
ISBN: 9781841131214
ISBN 10: 1841131210
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 19 October 2000
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
Part 1 The development of the current system of EC antitrust law enforcement: the transformation of Community Antitrust Law - enforcement, introduction, conclusion; the transformation of the Community's constitution - from international treaty to constitutional charter, from negative to positive integration, beyond the internal market, conclusion. Part 2 The modernisation of EC antitrust law in light of the general development of EC law: objectives of EC antitrust law - introduction, critique of EC Antitrust law objectives, analysis of the criticism of EC antitrust policy objectives, modernisation of EC antitrust policy objectives, conclusion; the division of jurisdiction between EC and member state antitrust laws - introduction, the relationship between Articles 81 and 82 EC and national antitrust law, mergers, the modernisation of community antitrust law jurisdiction, conclusion; institutional issues at the central level - introduction, EC antitrust legislation, enforcement procedure, evaluation of the present system, independent agency, the modernisation of the institutional framework, conclusion; institutional issues at the central level - introduction, current framework, the first attempt to decentralise - the Commission notices, more radical reform - the White Paper on Modernisation, modernisation of co-operation between the Commission and national institutions, conclusion.
Reviews
Wesselings book provides timley food for thought. Wesseling has a more radical vision of modernisation than the Commission and he has produced an excellent, thought-provoking and stimulating book. Brenda Sufrin International and Comparative Law Quarterly December 2000
Wesselings book provides timley food for thought. Wesseling has a more radical vision of modernisation than the Commission and he has produced an excellent, thought-provoking and stimulating book.Brenda SufrinInternational and Comparative Law QuarterlyDecember 2000
Author Information
Rein Wesseling is a practising lawyer with the law firm De Brauw,Blackstone Westbroek in Amsterdam.
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