Oxford Scholarship Online: Law and Competition in Twentieth-Century Europe

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Law and Competition in Twentieth-Century Europe Protecting Prometheus Gerber, David, Professor of Law and Director of the International and Comparative Law Program, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology Print publication date: 2001 Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2010 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-924401-0 doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199244010.001.0001
Abstract: Protecting economic competition has become a major objective of government in Western Europe, and competition law has become a central part of economic and legal experience. The competition law of the European Union has played a key role in the success of European integration during the last four decades, and it is likely to do so in the future. In recent years, national competition laws have also become increasingly important, often creating tensions between national-level and European-level regulation. Yet, despite its importance, images of European experience with competition law often remain vague and are sometimes dangerously distorted. This book examines European experience in protecting competition, analysing its dynamics, revealing its importance and highlighting the political and economic issues it raises. Keywords: economic competition, competition law, European Union, European integration, protecting competition, competition dynamics Table of Contents Full Book Contents Preface I. Introduction II. Freedom, Law, and Competition: The Nineteenth Century as Prelude III. Fin-de-Siècle Austria: Conceiving Competition Law IV. Germany before the First World War: Fashioning the Discourse V. The Interwar Period: Competition Law takes Root VI. The Postwar Decades: Competition Law and Administrative Policy VII. Ordoliberalism: A New Intellectual Framework for Competition Law VIII. Competition Law and Germany’s Social Market Economy IX. Competition Law and European Integration: The Competition Law of the European Union X. 1986 and After: Competition Law, the Member States, and the European Union XI. Law, Regulation, and Competition: Europe and the Market Bibliography Index

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199244010.001.0001