"...Whish has captured and conveyed the essence of competition law, making it an
accessible and invaluable text..."
- Student Law Journal
This key book, now in its fifth edition, provides the reader with an in-depth
introduction to the competition law of the EC and the UK. It looks at the constituent
parts of the law, analysing the way in which the law affects particular commercial
phenomena, and explains the economic context in which competition law operates.
Readership: Whish: Competition Law is invaluable both to law and economics
students as well as to practitioners and officials involved in competition law matters.
Contents
1. Competition policy and economics
2. Overview of EC and UK competition law
3. Article 81 (1)
4. Article 81 (3)
5. Article 82
6. The obligations of Member States under the EC competition rules
7. Articles 81 and 82: enforcement by the European Commission and national competition
authorities under the Modernisation Regulation
8. Articles 81 and 82: enforcement in the courts of Member States
9. Competition Act 1998: substantive provisions
10. Competition Act 1998: enforcement and procedure
11. Enterprise Act 2002: 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. Verbal 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) - EC law
22. Mergers (3) - UK law
23. Particular sectors
989 pages, paperback