Competition Law - Eleventh Edition

Description

Definitive, clear, and comprehensive: Whish and Bailey's Competition Law is the stand-alone resource on competition law for students and practitioners, written by the leading academics in the field. An authoritative treatment of competition law is paired with an easy-to-follow writing style to make this guide essential reading.

• Written by leading academics in the field, offering a wealth of experience to make this the definitive textbook on competition law
• A critical and contextual approach, addressing the wider economic and practical realities of competition law
• An easy-to-follow writing style, bringing competition law to life for students of all levels
• Assimilates a wide variety of resources, including judgments, decisions, guidelines, and periodical literature
• Regularly used in universities, law firms, economic consultancies, competition authorities and courts
• Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support

New to this edition

• Coverage of the new block exemptions and guidelines for vertical agreements, both in the EU and the UK
• Coverage of the new block exemptions and guidelines for horizontal cooperation agreements, both in the EU and the UK
• Reference to other initiatives such as the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation and the UK National Security and Investment Act
• Discussion of the latest position on digital platforms including the EU Digital Markets Act and the UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Act
• Coverage of important policy initiatives, including the sustainability agenda and the Commission's review of Article 102

1:Competition policy and economics
2:Overview of EU and UK competition law
3:Article 101 (1)
4:Article 101 (3)
5:Article 102
6:The obligations of Member States under the EU competition rules
7:Articles 101 and 102 - public enforcement by the European Commission and national competition authorities under Regulation 1/2003
8:Articles 101 and 102 - private enforcement in the courts of Member States
9:Competition Act 1998 - substantive provisions
10:Competition Act 1998 and the cartel offence - public enforcement and procedure
11:Enterprise Act 2002 - market studies and market investigations
12:The international dimension of competition law
13:Horizontal agreements (1) - cartels
14:Horizontal agreements (2) - oligopoly, tacit collusion, and collective dominance
15:Horizontal agreements (3) - cooperation agreements
16:Vertical agreements
17:Abuse of dominance (1) - non-pricing practices
18:Abuse of dominance (2) - pricing practices
19:The relationship between intellectual property rights and competition law
20:Mergers (1) - introduction
21:Mergers (2) - EU law
22:Mergers (3) - UK
23:Particular sectors
24:Overview of EU and UK competition law