Competition Law Today: Concepts, Issues, and the Law in Practice. ISBN 9780199486663 from Practitioner Books

Competition law has witnessed phenomenal growith in in recent years, especially since the early 1990s. As an increasing number of countries have undertaken economic reforms and embraced the market economy, many of them have introduced competition law to maintain competition in their markets. With the growing integration of the global economy, any anti-competitive activity can have effects across national borders. Competition law has, therefore, become an important part of international trade dialogue. Cooperation on competition issues, therefore, figures in an increasing number of bilateral or regional trade agreements. The book provides an overview of the competition law regime with particular focus on India. It broadly covers the history, objectives, and substantive provisions of law, its relationship with regulated sectors of the market, the economics of law, its international dimension, and competition law in developing countries. The second edition provides an updated account of law and incorporates changes that have taken place since the publication of the first edition. It includes two new chapters: 'Reviewing Competition Regime in Pakistan' and 'Merger Control Regime under the Competition Law in India'.

Table of Cases Arun Jaitley: Foreword to the second edition C. Rangarajan: Foreword to the first edition Fali S. Nariman: Law and Economics Preface List of Abbreviations Vinod Dhall: Overview: Key Concepts in Competition Law PART I:COMPETITION LAW: SUBSTANTIVE PROVISIONS AND MAJOR ISSUES 1: Richard Whish: Control of Cartels and Other Anti-competitive Agreements 2: Robert D. Anderson and Alberto Heimler: Abuse of Dominant Position: Emerging Enforcement Issues and Approaches 3: Alan H. Goldberg: Merger Control 4: Paul Crampton and Graham Reynolds: Leniency Programmes in Competition Law 5: Valentine Korah: Competition Law and Intellectual Property Rights 6: R. Shyam Khemani: Exemptions, Exceptions, and Differential Application Under Competition (Antitrust) Law 7: Philip Lowe and Geraldine Emberger: Competition Advocacy and Interface with Government 8: Allan Fels: Competition and Regulation 9: Lennart Goeranson: The Efficient and Effective Competition Authority 10: Eleanor M. Fox: World Competition Law: Conflicts, Convergence, Cooperation PART II:COMPETITION LAW IN SELECT JURISDICTIONS 11: Sitesh Bhojani: Competition Law in Australia 12: Michael J. Reynolds: EC Competition Law: The First Experiences of Modernization 13: Ulf Boege: Competition Law in Germany 14: Eduardo Perez Motta: Competition Law in Mexico 15: David Lewis: South African Competition Law-Origins, Content, and Impact 16: Youngjin Jung: Korean Competition Law: Policies and Developments 17: Christopher Bellamy: The Competition Regime in the UK 18: Stephen Calkins: Competition Law in the United States of America PART III:COMPETITION LAW, ECONOMICS, AND POLICY 19: Dando B. Cellini: Economic Growth and Consumer Welfare: The Role of Competition Law 20: Amit Bubna and Shubhashis Gangopadhyay: The Economics of Competition Law 21: Simon J. Evenett: The Return of Industrial Policy: A Threat to Competition Law? PART IV: COMPETITION LAW IN SOUTH ASIA 22: Amitabh Kumar: The Evolution of Competition Law in India 23: Vinod Dhall: India: The Competition Act and Its Enforcement 24: Rahat Kaunain Hassan: Re-viewing Competition Regime in Pakistan 25: Vinod Dhall: Merger Control Regime under Competition Law in India Select Bibliography Index About the Editor and Contributors

Author(s)	Edited by Vinod Dhall (Head, Competition Law Practice, Head, Competition Law Practice, Talwar Thakore and Associates).
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN	9780199486663
Format	Hardback
Pages	656
Published in	United Kingdom
Published	14 Feb 2019
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