The Evolution of European Competition Law – Whose Regulation, Which Competition…

The Evolution of European Competition LawWhose Regulation, Which Competition?\nAuthor(s): Hanns Ullrich\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781845427016, 978-1845427016\nSynopsis\nWith contributions from leading scholars from all over Europe and the US, this book covers the major areas of substantive competition law from an evolutionary perspective. The leitmotiv of the book has been to assess the dividing line between safeguarding and regulating competition, which it does by reviewing the following subjects:\n\nfoundations of competition policy in the EU and the US \nstrategic competition policy \nthe evolution of European competition law from a national (Italian) perspective \nthe block exemption of vertical agreements after four years\nthe new Technology Transfer Block Exemption\ncooperative networking\nmergers in the media sector\nabuse of market power\nconcepts of competition in sector specifi.