The International Competition Network at Twenty

The International Competition Network at Twenty
Author: Paul Lugard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2022-04-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9781939007094

The International Competition Network (ICN) is a unique phenomenon. As a virtual and informal network of competition enforcement agencies from around the world, it has in less than two decades become the single most authoritative platform in the field of international competition law and policy. Currently uniting more than 140 competition authorities from developed and developing countries, the ICN has made significant contributions to the harmonization and converge once of procedural and substantive competition law and policy in the area of cartels, unilateral conduct and mergers. Moreover, the ICN has stimulated competition authorities to streamline procedures, pay due attention to procedural fairness guarantees for parties under investigation and to build up agency capacity, resources and knowledge to review and assess potentially anti-competitive conduct in addition to collaborating more effectively across jurisdictions on enforcement and policy. In doing so, the activities of the ICN are of direct importance to consumers worldwide. As a successor to The International Competition Network at Ten, a collection of commentaries that was published at the occasion of the ICN's tenth anniversary in 2011, this publication again brings together a number of essays written by leading competition agency officials, private sector lawyers and academics on the accomplishments and aspirations of the ICN at the end of its second decade. The essays included in this book provide insights into the origins of the ICN, cover the activities that the network has embarked upon during the past decade, explore its accomplishments and the future directions that the organization will embark upon in a challenging but exciting time that is witnessing a resurgence of popular interest in competition law, including an almost global backlash against parts of the tech industry and attempts to accommodate sustainability considerations, labor law issues and other public interest policies within competition law and, more recently, some dramatic geopolitical frictions. The authors and editors of this International Competition Law at Twenty book have sought to contribute to the history of the ICN through this collection at the dawn of the organization's third decade.

The Law and Politics of Global Competition

The Law and Politics of Global Competition
Author: Christopher Townley
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2022-02-02
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0192603612

In its own words, the mission of the International Competition Network (the ICN) is to advocate the adoption of "superior standards and procedures in competition policy around the world, formulate proposals for procedural and substantive convergence, and seek to facilitate effective international cooperation to the benefit of member agencies, consumers and economies worldwide." ICN members include nearly all competition authorities (NCAs) from around the world (over 100 of them). Since its inception, the ICN has also sought to enrich its discussions and outputs through the inclusion of non-governmental advisors (NGAs), principally large multi-nationals and the legal and economic professions. The ICN is a transnational network, set up by its members, largely without wider state input. This book hypothesises that the ICN's formally neutral structures provide powerful influence mechanisms for strong NCAs and NGAs, over the weak; and 'competition experts' over wider state interests, discussing the legitimacy of this from a political and legal theory perspective, analysing the ICN's effectiveness and efficiency, and suggesting ways that the ICN can improve all three. This study has important implications for the ICN itself, particularly as it launches its 'Third Decade Project', billed as a full self-evaluation. However, the story told here is also relevant to states and the wider regulatory community, due to the widespread use of transnational networks.

The International Competition Network at Ten

The International Competition Network at Ten
Author: Paul Lugard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Antitrust law
ISBN: 9789400001923

The NMa therefore considers it a great honour to host 10th anniversary conference, on 17-20 May, 2011, in The Hague --P.1.

Asian Capitalism and the Regulation of Competition

Asian Capitalism and the Regulation of Competition
Author: Michael W. Dowdle
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2013-04-18
Genre: Law
ISBN: 110702742X

This book explores the implications of Asian forms of capitalism for the emerging global competition law regime.

Challenges to Assumptions in Competition Law

Challenges to Assumptions in Competition Law
Author: David Bosco
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2021-04-30
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1839109076

This timely book addresses the contemporary complexities within competition law, questioning whether the founding principles of competition law still hold true today. It explores three main present-day challenges for competition law: the impact of the digital economy and innovative sectors, the challenges facing emerging countries, and current institutional issues.

Fighting Cross-Border Cartels

Fighting Cross-Border Cartels
Author: Pierre Horna
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2020-03-19
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1509933700

This book is the first detailed treatment of the approaches taken to enforce competition laws against cross-border cartels (CBCs) from the perspective of young and small competition authorities (more than 70% of the total number of authorities worldwide). No other legal or inter-disciplinary scholarship exists in the market that deals with the issue of a taxonomy of CBCs combined with young/small competition authorities' problems. The book looks at the extent of the harms caused by CBCs and issues associated with tackling them at a transnational level. It explains why past solutions to problems with cooperation have failed and proposes novel ideas on how to improve cooperation and coordination in certain types of CBC investigations (transnational and regional CBCs). The proposals are based on primary-source information and observations made by the author as part of his work in the UN, and interviews with leading enforcers from young, small, old and large jurisdictions. Young/small competition authorities, competition lawyers and economists, scholars and students within the fields of competition law and international law, and those interested in international cooperation and coordination in the area of cartel enforcement in emerging markets will greatly benefit from this book. It is clearly structured and extensively referenced, providing a valuable guide to the topic.

The Origins of Informality

The Origins of Informality
Author: Charles B. Roger
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2020
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0190947969

"The Origins of Informality explores the phenomenon of informal international organizations. These bodies are involved in governing many of the most important issues we currently face, and differ significantly from the highly-legalized, formal organizations we have traditionally relied on. But, despite their evident importance, they remain poorly understood. This book develops a new approach to thinking about these puzzling institutions, presents new data revealing their extraordinary growth over time, and develops a novel theory about why states are creating them. The theory explains how states form preferences over the informality of international organization, and how the final designs get chosen through often contentious bargaining processes. This theory of institutional design then informs a more dynamic account of the rise of informality. This account explains how major shifts occurring within the domestic political arenas of powerful states-especially growing polarization and the rise of the regulatory state-have been projected outwards and reshaped the legal foundations of global governance. The book systematically tests this theory, quantitative and qualitatively, and presents detailed accounts of the forces behind some of the most important institutions in the global economy. It concludes with an analysis of the effectiveness of informal organizations, finding that many are likely to be less capable of addressing the complex challenges we presently confront"--

A Companion to European Union Law and International Law

A Companion to European Union Law and International Law
Author: Dennis Patterson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 634
Release: 2016-03-15
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1119037654

Featuring contributions from renowned scholars, A Companion to European Union Law and International Law presents a comprehensive and authoritative collection of essays that addresses all of the most important topics on European Union and international law. Integrates the fields of European Union law and international law, revealing both the similarities and differences Features contributions from renowned scholars in the fields of EU law and international law Covers a broad range of topical issues, including trade, institutional decision-making, the European Court of Justice, democracy, human rights, criminal law, the EMU, and many others

Reconciling Efficiency and Equity

Reconciling Efficiency and Equity
Author: Damien Gerard
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 475
Release: 2019-05-09
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1108498086

Provides a new conceptualization of competition law as economic inequality and its interaction with efficiency become of central concern to policy and decision-makers.

The Future of International Competition Law Enforcement

The Future of International Competition Law Enforcement
Author: Valerie Demedts
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 454
Release: 2018-10-16
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004372962

While forces of globalization have created a genuine global marketplace, global rules safeguarding the competitive process in this marketplace have not emerged. International cooperation among national regulators and enforcers is therefore needed to create a competitive global business-environment. The Future of International Competition Law Enforcement, using the variety of legal instruments available to the EU as a point of departure, undertakes an original assessment of the EU's cooperation agreements in the field of competition law The work’s focus is on the bilateral sphere, often labelled as a mere 'interim-solution' awaiting a global agreement; further attention is given to competition provisions in free trade agreements as well as the main multilateral initiatives in this field, in order to determine their relative value.