Vertical Agreements and Competition Law

Sandra Marco Colino is a Lecturer in European Law at the University of Glasgow.

Acknowledgements Note to the Reader Table of Cases Table of Statutes Introduction I The Significance of Vertical Agreements in the Study of Antitrust Policy and Regulation II Competition Law in a Time of Financial Turmoil III Competition and Regulation: An Impossible Relationship? The Challenges of Regulating Competition the Challenges of Regulating Competition IV Style, Structure and Methodology 1 The Enduring Debate on the Nature of Vertical Agreements I The Intricacies of the Regulation of Vertical Agreements in Competion Law II The Regulatory Dilemma: General Assumptions on the 'Double Nature' of Vertical Restraints III The Adequacy of Competition Law in Addressing the Regulatory Dilemma 2 Theorising Vertical Restraints: The Intellectual Foundations of EC Competition Law and US Antitrust Models I The Influence of Economic and Political Theory in the Evolution of the Legal Framework for Vertical Agreements II Vertical Restraints and Wider Competition Policy-An Overview 3 Questioning the Achievement of an Adequate Economic Analysis I The Progressive Disappearance of the Per Se Rule in the US II The European Regime for Vertical Agreements Since 1999 III An Assessment: Inherent Benefits and Dangers in the Extension of the Rule of Reason 4 The Impact of Competition Rules on Vertical Contractual Relationships I The Interaction Between Contract and Competition Law II Rebalancing the Dealer-Manufacturer Relationship III The Path Towards the Reconciliation of the Evolution of Contract and Competition Law Conclusions I Explanations: Vertical Agreements and Antitrust Law II Predictions and Suggestions III Final Evaluation-Assuming the Law's Limits? Index