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The Europeanisation of UK Competition Law
By
Nicholas Green and Aidan Robertson
Description
The Competition
Act 1998 makes fundamental changes to United Kingdom competition
law,introducing two new prohibitions based on European Community
rules. In September 1998, the Centre for the Law of the European
Union at University College London hosted a conference, chaired by
Judge David Edward of the European Court of Justice, to discuss the
Europeanisation of United Kingdom competition law. This book brings
together the papers delivered at the conference, together with
additional papers exploring the effect of the Competition Act. The
papers will be of interest to all practitioners, officials and
academics working in the are of competition law.
Contributors:
Judge Christopher Bellamy (Court of First Instance of the European
Communities), Mrs Margaret Bloom, (Director of Competition Policy,
The Office of Fair Trading), Nicholas Green QC (Brick Court
Chambers), Donald A. Hay (Jesus College, Oxford and the Institute of
Economics and Statistics, Oxford), Professor Valentine Korah
(University College, London), Aidan Robertson (Brick Court Chambers),
John Swift QC (Monckton Chambers).
Nicholas Green,QC,
is a Barrister at Brick Court Chambers, specialising in European,
commercial and public law.
Aidan Robertson is
a Barrister and member of Brick Court Chambers.
Reviews
The book contains
useful analysis and comment on the Act from weighty contributors,
such as Christopher Bellamy, John Swift QC and Valentine Korah, but
the book is light and readable [it] will be of interest to
practitioners, officials and academics working in the area of
competition law.
Caroline Ball
World Competition
Law and Economics Review
September 2002
...provides
helpful insights into both the likely operation of the new Actand the
degree to which its operation will be influenced by principles and
concepts still evolving under E.C. Competition Law.
Paul Hughes
European Law
Review
September 2002
This is a book
which will be of interest to all specialist practitioners, officials
and academics working in the area of competition law.
The Review Editor
European Sources
Online
September 2002
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