Ec Competition Law

Daniel Goyder holds law degrees from Cambridge and the Harvard Law School. A visiting Professor at King's College, London, and a consultant to Linklaters & Paines, he has been a practising solicitor for over thirty-five years. He is a former Deputly Chairman of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission and was co-author (with Sir Alan Neale) of The Antitrust Laws of the USA (third edition, CUP)

PART ONE THE EARLY YEARS; 1. An Introduction; 2. The Nature and Importance of Competition Policy; 3. The Origins of European Competition Law; 4. The Early Years of DG Comp; 5. The Advent of Block Exemption; PART TWO THE SUBSTANTIVE LAW OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY; 6. Article 81(1): Analysis 1; 7. Article 81(1): Analysis 2; 8. Article 81(3): Conditions for Exemption; 9. Horizontal Agreements: Cartels; 10. Distribution Agreements and Practices; 11. Distribution: Selective Distribution and Franchising; 12. Intellectual Property Rights: Licensing; 13. Intellectual Property Rights:The Purpose and Effects of Articles 28 to 30; 14. Article 82: The Concept of Dominance; 15. Article 82: Abuse; 16. Article 82: Its Relationship with Article 81; 17. Mergers (1); 18. Mergers (2); 19. Joint Ventures and Horizontal Co-Operation Agreements; 20. Community Law and National Law: Changing Relationships; 21. National Courts and the Direct Application of Community Law; 22. Member States and EC Competition Rules; 23. International Aspects of EC Competition Law; PART THREE CONCLUSIONS AND PROSPECTS; 24. Forty-Five years of the Treaty of Rome; 25. The Future of European Competition Law