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Virtual Competition

The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm-Driven Economy

by Ariel Ezrachi, Maurice E. Stucke ...

“A fascinating book about how platform internet companies (Amazon, Facebook, and so on) are changing the norms of economic competition.”—Fast CompanyShoppers with a bargain-hunting impulse and internet access can find a universe of products at their fingertips. But is there a dark side to internet commerce? This thought-provoking exposé invites us to explore how sophisticated algorithms and data ... Read more

$21.68 CAD

“A fascinating book about how platform internet companies (Amazon, Facebook, and so on) are changing the norms of economic competition.”—Fast CompanyShoppers with a bargain-hunting impulse and internet access can find a universe of products at their fingertips. But is there a dark side to internet commerce? This thought-provoking exposé invites us to explore how sophisticated algorithms and data
... Read more
Antitrust Law, Second Edition

by Richard A. Posner ...

The definitive textbook of antitrust lawAntitrust Law was fundamental to redefining the field of antitrust law and it remains the definitive textbook for those teaching or learning the subject, Richard Posner's book has played a major role in transforming the field of antitrust law into a body of economically rational principles largely in accord with the ideas set forth in the first edition. ... Read more

$42.38 CAD

The definitive textbook of antitrust lawAntitrust Law was fundamental to redefining the field of antitrust law and it remains the definitive textbook for those teaching or learning the subject, Richard Posner's book has played a major role in transforming the field of antitrust law into a body of economically rational principles largely in accord with the ideas set forth in the first edition.
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The Internet Con

How to Seize the Means of Computation

by Cory Doctorow ...

When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their "walled gardens" would keep us safe, but those were prison walls.The platforms locked us into their systems and made us easy pickings, ripe for extaction. Twitter, Facebook and other Big Tech platforms hard to leave by design. They hold hostage the people we love, the communities that matter to us, the ... Read more

$14.39 CAD

When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their "walled gardens" would keep us safe, but those were prison walls.The platforms locked us into their systems and made us easy pickings, ripe for extaction. Twitter, Facebook and other Big Tech platforms hard to leave by design. They hold hostage the people we love, the communities that matter to us, the
... Read more
Competition and Antitrust Law

A Very Short Introduction

by Ariel Ezrachi ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Competition is responsible for much of the prosperity around us. Competitive markets deliver lower prices, better quality, abundance of choice, and increased innovation. But while competition benefits the consumers, it can prove challenging to producers and sellers, who need to constantly improve to stay in business. As a result, sellers may ... Read more

$6.83 CAD

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Competition is responsible for much of the prosperity around us. Competitive markets deliver lower prices, better quality, abundance of choice, and increased innovation. But while competition benefits the consumers, it can prove challenging to producers and sellers, who need to constantly improve to stay in business. As a result, sellers may
... Read more
The Baseball Trust

A History of Baseball's Antitrust Exemption

by Stuart Banner ...

This is an open access title. It is available to read and download as a free PDF version on Oxford Academic and is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license. The impact of antitrust law on sports is in the news all the time, especially when there is labor conflict between players and owners, or when a team wants to move to a new city. ... Read more

$30.95 CAD

This is an open access title. It is available to read and download as a free PDF version on Oxford Academic and is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license. The impact of antitrust law on sports is in the news all the time, especially when there is labor conflict between players and owners, or when a team wants to move to a new city.
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Bent Coppers

by Graeme McLagan ...

The inside story of a secret unit that has worked under cover to expose corruption in the Metropolitan Police since the early 1990s - written by Graeme McLagan, contributor to THE REAL LINE OF DUTY.'If you want a book that is genuinely 'unputdownable' read BENT COPPERS' Johnny Vaughan, THE SUN'A very engaging read - the outrageous nature of bent cops' behaviour guarantees that' SUNDAY ... Read more

$7.99 CAD

The inside story of a secret unit that has worked under cover to expose corruption in the Metropolitan Police since the early 1990s - written by Graeme McLagan, contributor to THE REAL LINE OF DUTY.'If you want a book that is genuinely 'unputdownable' read BENT COPPERS' Johnny Vaughan, THE SUN'A very engaging read - the outrageous nature of bent cops' behaviour guarantees that' SUNDAY
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EU Competition Law

An Analytical Guide to the Leading Cases

by Dr Ariel Ezrachi ...

This book is designed as a working tool for the study and practice of European competition law. It is an enlarged and updated sixth edition of the highly practical guide to the leading cases of European competition law.This sixth edition focuses on Article 101 TFEU, Article 102 TFEU and the European Merger Regulation. In addition it explores the public and private enforcement of competition law, ... Read more

$62.54 CAD

This book is designed as a working tool for the study and practice of European competition law. It is an enlarged and updated sixth edition of the highly practical guide to the leading cases of European competition law.This sixth edition focuses on Article 101 TFEU, Article 102 TFEU and the European Merger Regulation. In addition it explores the public and private enforcement of competition law,
... Read more
ANTITRUST ANALYSIS OF PLATFORM MARKETS

Why the Supreme Court Got It Right in American Express

by David S. Evans, Richard Schmalensee ...

This book explores the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Ohio et al. v. American Express, and the preceding litigation, for the treatment of multisided platforms under U.S. antitrust law. It is based on a series of articles that the authors wrote (either jointly or individually), leading up to and in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision.The authors consider that the ... Read more

$9.62 CAD

This book explores the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Ohio et al. v. American Express, and the preceding litigation, for the treatment of multisided platforms under U.S. antitrust law. It is based on a series of articles that the authors wrote (either jointly or individually), leading up to and in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision.The authors consider that the
... Read more
Competition Law in Denmark

by Jens Munk Plum ...

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of competition law and its interpretation in Denmark covers every aspect of the subject - the various forms of restrictive agreements and abuse of dominance prohibited by law and the rules on merger control; tests of illegality; filing obligations; administrative investigation and enforcement ... Read more

$93.99 CAD

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of competition law and its interpretation in Denmark covers every aspect of the subject - the various forms of restrictive agreements and abuse of dominance prohibited by law and the rules on merger control; tests of illegality; filing obligations; administrative investigation and enforcement
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EU State Aid Control of Infrastructure Funding

by Corinne Ruechardt ...

The elements of infrastructure - roads, transportation, electricity, water, communications, schools, hospitals - are so ingrained in the fabric of daily life that few people give a second thought to who provides them, and how. Yet, they are controlled by an extensive and complex regulatory system. Moreover, the EU's State aid modernization plan has made infrastructure a crucial aspect of ... Read more

$161.99 CAD

The elements of infrastructure - roads, transportation, electricity, water, communications, schools, hospitals - are so ingrained in the fabric of daily life that few people give a second thought to who provides them, and how. Yet, they are controlled by an extensive and complex regulatory system. Moreover, the EU's State aid modernization plan has made infrastructure a crucial aspect of
... Read more
Interplay between European and National Competition Law after Regulation 1/2003

'United (Should) We Stand?'

by Lucio Tome Feteira ...

If we can speak of the European Community's 'economic constitution', we can assert that competition rules, together with free movement rules, form its core. Notably, implementation of the competition rules enshrined in Articles 81 and 82 EC changed radically with the enactment of Regulation 1/2003, which in effect dispensed with mandatory prior notifications and allowed national authorities to ... Read more

$218.99 CAD

If we can speak of the European Community's 'economic constitution', we can assert that competition rules, together with free movement rules, form its core. Notably, implementation of the competition rules enshrined in Articles 81 and 82 EC changed radically with the enactment of Regulation 1/2003, which in effect dispensed with mandatory prior notifications and allowed national authorities to
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Competition Law in Slovenia

by Andrej Fatur ...

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of competition law and its interpretation in Slovenia covers every aspect of the subject- the various forms of restrictive agreements and abuse of dominance prohibited by law and the rules on merger control; tests of illegality; filing obligations; administrative investigation and enforcement ... Read more

$79.99 CAD

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of competition law and its interpretation in Slovenia covers every aspect of the subject- the various forms of restrictive agreements and abuse of dominance prohibited by law and the rules on merger control; tests of illegality; filing obligations; administrative investigation and enforcement
... Read more
Antitrust Law in Brazil

Fighting Cartels

Edited by Eduardo Molan Gaban ...

This book highlights the case of Brazil, a major economic player among developing countries. In seventeen years of enforcing the Brazilian Antitrust Law, Brazil's Administrative Council for Economic Defence (CADE) has achieved outstanding results and has been recognized as the most effective antitrust enforcement agency in the developing world. This book is the first to describe and analyse the ... Read more

$210.99 CAD

This book highlights the case of Brazil, a major economic player among developing countries. In seventeen years of enforcing the Brazilian Antitrust Law, Brazil's Administrative Council for Economic Defence (CADE) has achieved outstanding results and has been recognized as the most effective antitrust enforcement agency in the developing world. This book is the first to describe and analyse the
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ABUSO DE TRATADOS INTERNACIONAIS E A REGRA DO PRINCIPAL PURPOSE TEST

by Melody Araújo Pinto Furman ...

O livro estuda a regra do Principal Purpose Test (PPT), uma regra geral antiabuso que lida com planejamentos tributários internacionais. Essa regra foi proposta no âmbito do Projeto BEPS (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting) como fruto da Ação 6 do Projeto. Após uma introdução sobre os planejamentos tributários internacionais e de regras propostas ao longo dos anos para lidar com essa prática, estuda ... Read more

$9.89 CAD

O livro estuda a regra do Principal Purpose Test (PPT), uma regra geral antiabuso que lida com planejamentos tributários internacionais. Essa regra foi proposta no âmbito do Projeto BEPS (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting) como fruto da Ação 6 do Projeto. Após uma introdução sobre os planejamentos tributários internacionais e de regras propostas ao longo dos anos para lidar com essa prática, estuda
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Public Procurement and the EU Competition Rules

by Dr Albert Sánchez Graells ...

Series series Hart Studies in Competition Law
Public procurement and competition law are both important fields of EU law and policy, intimately intertwined in the creation of the internal market. Hitherto their close connection has been noted, but not closely examined. This work is the most comprehensive attempt to date to explain the many ways in which these fields, often considered independent of one another, interact and overlap in the ... Read more

$217.70 CAD

Public procurement and competition law are both important fields of EU law and policy, intimately intertwined in the creation of the internal market. Hitherto their close connection has been noted, but not closely examined. This work is the most comprehensive attempt to date to explain the many ways in which these fields, often considered independent of one another, interact and overlap in the
... Read more
Competition Law and Antitrust

by David J. Gerber ...

Series series Clarendon Law Series
Competition, or Antitrust, law is now a global phenomenon. It operates in more than 100 countries and the relationships among competition law systems are often complex and opaque. Competition law is also new to many countries, which creates uncertainty about how decisions will be made in these jurisdictions. This makes it critically important to understand both the similarities and differences ... Read more

$27.17 CAD

Competition, or Antitrust, law is now a global phenomenon. It operates in more than 100 countries and the relationships among competition law systems are often complex and opaque. Competition law is also new to many countries, which creates uncertainty about how decisions will be made in these jurisdictions. This makes it critically important to understand both the similarities and differences
... Read more
Difamação e antitruste

by Marcel Medon Santos ...

A presente obra, "Difamação e Antitruste", revela-se não apenas como um trabalho acadêmica de mérito inegável, mas também como uma contribuição original e necessária ao debate jurídico contemporâneo. Marcel enfrenta um fenômeno antigo – a difamação – com olhar renovado, investigando sua interface com o Direito Concorrencial em um cenário marcado pela economia digital, pela viralização de ... Read more

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A presente obra, "Difamação e Antitruste", revela-se não apenas como um trabalho acadêmica de mérito inegável, mas também como uma contribuição original e necessária ao debate jurídico contemporâneo. Marcel enfrenta um fenômeno antigo – a difamação – com olhar renovado, investigando sua interface com o Direito Concorrencial em um cenário marcado pela economia digital, pela viralização de
... Read more
A que(m) serve o antitruste

Eficiência e rivalidade na política concorrencial de países em desenvolvimento

by Bruno Braz de Castro ...

"Qual(is) a(s) finalidade(s) do Direito Concorrencial? Talvez inesperadamente, para alguns, esse debate reacendeu-se nos últimos anos. Nos Estados Unidos, o consenso tecnocrático em torno da eficiência (ou "bemestar do consumidor"), tal como do minimalismo quanto a práticas distintas do cartel, hegemônico desde a ascensão da Escola de Chicago, encontra-se sob acirrada crítica à luz de uma "crise ... Read more

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"Qual(is) a(s) finalidade(s) do Direito Concorrencial? Talvez inesperadamente, para alguns, esse debate reacendeu-se nos últimos anos. Nos Estados Unidos, o consenso tecnocrático em torno da eficiência (ou "bemestar do consumidor"), tal como do minimalismo quanto a práticas distintas do cartel, hegemônico desde a ascensão da Escola de Chicago, encontra-se sob acirrada crítica à luz de uma "crise
... Read more
A revolução do antitruste no Brasil 1

A teoria econômica aplicada a casos concretos

by Afonso A. de Mello Franco Neto, André Rossi de Oliveira, Arthur Barrionuevo Filho, Beatriz Soares da Silva, Cleveland Prates Texeira, Edgard Antonio Pereira, Eleni Lagroteria, Elizabeth Farina, Ernesto Moreira Guedes Filho, Francisco S. Ramos, Frederico Estrella C. Valladares, Gesner Oliveira, João Paulo G. Leal, João Pondé, João Victor Issler, Jorge Fagundes, José Maria da Silveira, Lucia Helena Salgado, Luiz Guilherme Schymura, Marcelo Resende, Mario Luiz Possas, Otaviano Canuto, Paulo Cesar Coutinho, Paulo Furquim de Azevedo, Ricardo Wyllie, Roberto Teixeira Alves, Rubens Penha Cysne, Rutelly Marques da Silva, Ruy Santacruz, Silvinha P. Vasconcelos, Thompson A. Andrade ...

"John Kwoka, economista Americano com linha de pesquisa na área do antitruste, publicou em 1995, a primeira edição do livro ´A Revolução do Antitruste. O papel da economia´. A ideia foi reunir artigos de economistas da área de casos julgados nas cortes americanas, sintetizando as linhas gerais do instrumental econômico, teórico e empírico, utilizado nesses casos e o seu papel nas decisões. Esse ... Read more

$16.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

"John Kwoka, economista Americano com linha de pesquisa na área do antitruste, publicou em 1995, a primeira edição do livro ´A Revolução do Antitruste. O papel da economia´. A ideia foi reunir artigos de economistas da área de casos julgados nas cortes americanas, sintetizando as linhas gerais do instrumental econômico, teórico e empírico, utilizado nesses casos e o seu papel nas decisões. Esse
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Antitrust and Patent Law

by Alan Devlin ...

Patents lie at the heart of modern competition policy. In the new economy, firms use them variously to protect their R&D, to bolster their market positions, and to exclude rivals. Antitrust enforcers thus scrutinize patentees to ensure that they do not use their intellectual-property rights to suppress competition. Today's antitrust lawyers must therefore navigate intellectual-property issues and ... Read more

$125.63 CAD

Patents lie at the heart of modern competition policy. In the new economy, firms use them variously to protect their R&D, to bolster their market positions, and to exclude rivals. Antitrust enforcers thus scrutinize patentees to ensure that they do not use their intellectual-property rights to suppress competition. Today's antitrust lawyers must therefore navigate intellectual-property issues and
... Read more
The Coherence of EU Free Movement Law

Constitutional Responsibility and the Court of Justice

by Niamh Nic Shuibhne ...

Series series Oxford Studies in European Law
At the heart of the European Union is the establishment of a European market grounded in the free movement of people, goods, services, and capital. The implementation of the free market has preoccupied European lawyers since the inception of the Union's predecessors. Throughout the Union's development, as obstacles to free movement have been challenged in the courts, the European Court of Justice ... Read more

$120.95 CAD

At the heart of the European Union is the establishment of a European market grounded in the free movement of people, goods, services, and capital. The implementation of the free market has preoccupied European lawyers since the inception of the Union's predecessors. Throughout the Union's development, as obstacles to free movement have been challenged in the courts, the European Court of Justice
... Read more
Horizontal Agreements and Cartels in EU Competition Law

Edited by Frank Wijckmans, Filip Tuytschaever ...

Investigating, dissolving, and punishing cartels is increasingly a top priority for the European Commission and for national competition authourities. This work offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive examination of the substantive law and procedure of EU competition law as it applies to cartels as well as to other horizontal agreements. This unique work supplies the views of both private ... Read more

$169.73 CAD

Investigating, dissolving, and punishing cartels is increasingly a top priority for the European Commission and for national competition authourities. This work offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive examination of the substantive law and procedure of EU competition law as it applies to cartels as well as to other horizontal agreements. This unique work supplies the views of both private
... Read more
EU Competition Law and Economics

by Damien Geradin, Nicolas Petit, Dr Anne Layne-Farrar ...

This is the first EU competition law treatise that fully integrates economic reasoning in its treatment of the decisional practice of the European Commission and the case-law of the European Court of Justice. Since the European Commission's move to a "more economic approach" to competition law reasoning and decisional practice, the use of economic argument in competition law cases has become a ... Read more

$235.34 CAD

This is the first EU competition law treatise that fully integrates economic reasoning in its treatment of the decisional practice of the European Commission and the case-law of the European Court of Justice. Since the European Commission's move to a "more economic approach" to competition law reasoning and decisional practice, the use of economic argument in competition law cases has become a
... Read more
EU Competition and Internal Market Law in the Healthcare Sector

by Leigh Hancher, Wolf Sauter ...

This work gives an overview of the impact of EU competition rules and internal market law on healthcare systems in Europe. Alongside a thorough discussion of healthcare provision and the medical professions, the book covers health insurance, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices. There is an examination of the impact of the four freedoms, the cartel and abuse of dominance prohibitions and merger ... Read more

$155.60 CAD

This work gives an overview of the impact of EU competition rules and internal market law on healthcare systems in Europe. Alongside a thorough discussion of healthcare provision and the medical professions, the book covers health insurance, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices. There is an examination of the impact of the four freedoms, the cartel and abuse of dominance prohibitions and merger
... Read more

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