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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

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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
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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

$27.89 USD

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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United States v. Apple

Competition in America

by Chris Sagers ...

One of the most-followed antitrust cases of recent times—United States v. Apple—reveals an often-missed truth: what Americans most fear is competition itself.In 2012 the Department of Justice accused Apple and five book publishers of conspiring to fix ebook prices. The evidence overwhelmingly showed an unadorned price-fixing conspiracy that cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars. Yet ... Read more

$19.43 USD

One of the most-followed antitrust cases of recent times—United States v. Apple—reveals an often-missed truth: what Americans most fear is competition itself.In 2012 the Department of Justice accused Apple and five book publishers of conspiring to fix ebook prices. The evidence overwhelmingly showed an unadorned price-fixing conspiracy that cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars. Yet
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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

$16.28 USD

“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
Economics for Competition Lawyers

by Dr Gunnar Niels, Dr Helen Jenkins, James Kavanagh ...

Competition law is rooted in economic theory, and economics provides many of the standard tools often applied in competition investigations. As a result, a strong foundation in economics is an invaluable asset for practitioners in this area of law. This is the new edition of the popular and well-regarded practitioner guide to the economic principles of competition law. Written in accessible ... Read more

$101.24 USD

Competition law is rooted in economic theory, and economics provides many of the standard tools often applied in competition investigations. As a result, a strong foundation in economics is an invaluable asset for practitioners in this area of law. This is the new edition of the popular and well-regarded practitioner guide to the economic principles of competition law. Written in accessible
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Hollywood Economics

How Extreme Uncertainty Shapes the Film Industry

by Arthur De Vany ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Contemporary Political Economy
Just how risky is the movie industry? Is screenwriter William Goldman's claim that "nobody knows anything" really true? Can a star and a big opening change a movie's risks and return? Do studio executives really earn their huge paychecks? These and many other questions are answered in Hollywood Economics. The book uses powerful analytical models to ... Read more

$76.49 USD

Just how risky is the movie industry? Is screenwriter William Goldman's claim that "nobody knows anything" really true? Can a star and a big opening change a movie's risks and return? Do studio executives really earn their huge paychecks? These and many other questions are answered in Hollywood Economics. The book uses powerful analytical models to
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The Antitrust Enterprise

Principle and Execution

by Herbert Hovenkamp ...

After thirty years, the debate over antitrust's ideology has quieted. Most now agree that the protection of consumer welfare should be the only goal of antitrust laws. Execution, however, is another matter. The rules of antitrust remain unfocused, insufficiently precise, and excessively complex. The problem of poorly designed rules is severe, because in the short run rules weigh much more heavily ... Read more

$30.77 USD

After thirty years, the debate over antitrust's ideology has quieted. Most now agree that the protection of consumer welfare should be the only goal of antitrust laws. Execution, however, is another matter. The rules of antitrust remain unfocused, insufficiently precise, and excessively complex. The problem of poorly designed rules is severe, because in the short run rules weigh much more heavily
... Read more
Inequality and the Labor Market

The Case for Greater Competition

Edited by Sharon Block, Benjamin H. Harris ...

Exploring a new agenda to improve outcomes for American workersAs the United States continues to struggle with the impact of the devastating COVID-19 recession, policymakers have an opportunity to redress the competition problems in our labor markets. Making the right policy choices, however, requires a deep understanding of long-term, multidimensional problems. That will be solved only by looking ... Read more

$25.64 USD

Exploring a new agenda to improve outcomes for American workersAs the United States continues to struggle with the impact of the devastating COVID-19 recession, policymakers have an opportunity to redress the competition problems in our labor markets. Making the right policy choices, however, requires a deep understanding of long-term, multidimensional problems. That will be solved only by looking
... Read more
Antitrust Laws

Speedy Study Guides

by Speedy Publishing ...

Thinking about going for that bar exam? Well, you might find that it takes some time to study for that. The way you will feel about yourself will be amazing. One part of the bar exam is the antitrust laws. Many who have taken this class say it's one of the hardest things to get. However, with the antitrust laws study guide, you can prepare for sample questions they might ask you. You can find the ... Read more

$3.59 USD

Thinking about going for that bar exam? Well, you might find that it takes some time to study for that. The way you will feel about yourself will be amazing. One part of the bar exam is the antitrust laws. Many who have taken this class say it's one of the hardest things to get. However, with the antitrust laws study guide, you can prepare for sample questions they might ask you. You can find the
... Read more
China's Anti-Monopoly Law

The First Five Years

by Adrian Emch ...

It probably goes without saying that anti-monopoly law and practice are of very recent vintage in China. In August 2008, 118 years after the Sherman Act and 50 years after the Treaty of Rome, China's Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) came into effect. Since then the enforcement of the AML has seen significant progress as well as considerable challenges. This volume, comprised of 27 highly informative ... Read more

$209.99 USD

It probably goes without saying that anti-monopoly law and practice are of very recent vintage in China. In August 2008, 118 years after the Sherman Act and 50 years after the Treaty of Rome, China's Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) came into effect. Since then the enforcement of the AML has seen significant progress as well as considerable challenges. This volume, comprised of 27 highly informative
... Read more
Regulating Vertical Agreements

A Comparative Law and Economics Review of the EU and Brazil

by Maria Fernanda Caporale Madi ...

Vertical agreements represent a variety of supply and distribution contracts involving different market players, such as suppliers of diverse inputs, manufacturers, distributors and retailers. They gain particular significance in a global economy where technological advances are dynamic and are changing all the time. Such agreements are signed among businesspeople on a daily basis, and antitrust ... Read more

$105.99 USD

Vertical agreements represent a variety of supply and distribution contracts involving different market players, such as suppliers of diverse inputs, manufacturers, distributors and retailers. They gain particular significance in a global economy where technological advances are dynamic and are changing all the time. Such agreements are signed among businesspeople on a daily basis, and antitrust
... Read more
Competition Law in the Slovak Republic

by Andrea Orsulova ...

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of competition law and its interpretation in the Slovak Republic 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 ... Read more

$72.99 USD

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of competition law and its interpretation in the Slovak Republic 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
... Read more
Criminal Law Principles and the Enforcement of EU and National Competition Law

A Silent Takeover?

by Marc Veenbrink ...

Although Article 23(5) of EU Regulation 1/2003 provides that competition law fines ';shall not be of a criminal law nature', this has not prevented certain criminal law principles from finding their way into European Union (EU) competition law procedures. Even more significantly, the deterrent effect of competition law fines has led courts in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom (UK), as well as ... Read more

$134.99 USD

Although Article 23(5) of EU Regulation 1/2003 provides that competition law fines ';shall not be of a criminal law nature', this has not prevented certain criminal law principles from finding their way into European Union (EU) competition law procedures. Even more significantly, the deterrent effect of competition law fines has led courts in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom (UK), as well as
... Read more
Competition Law in Moldova

by Alexandr Svetlicinii ...

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of competition law and its interpretation in Moldova 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

$59.99 USD

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of competition law and its interpretation in Moldova 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
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

$49.58 USD

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
Mulheres no Antitruste - Volume 6

by Lucia Helena Salgado ...

Este 6º volume nacional da produção intelectual "Mulheres no Antitruste", obteve um registro recorde de artigos submetidos e percorre todos os temas mais urgentes, na fronteira da pauta de defesa da concorrência nos tempos atuais. Os grandes temas, tratados com criatividade, estão todos representados, em textos da mais alta qualidade; em concentração econômica, os subtemas levantados são: os ... Read more

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Este 6º volume nacional da produção intelectual "Mulheres no Antitruste", obteve um registro recorde de artigos submetidos e percorre todos os temas mais urgentes, na fronteira da pauta de defesa da concorrência nos tempos atuais. Os grandes temas, tratados com criatividade, estão todos representados, em textos da mais alta qualidade; em concentração econômica, os subtemas levantados são: os
... Read more
Evolução do antitruste no Brasil

Edited by Celso Campilongo, Roberto Pfeiffer ...

O livro que temos o prazer de apresentar é fruto de um notável trabalho coletivo de acadêmicos que empreendem uma ampla reflexão acerca do impacto da atual lei de defesa da concorrência, após o seu primeiro quinquênio de vigência. O objetivo do livro é justamente o de suscitar uma ampla e profunda reflexão sobre a evolução da defesa da concorrência no país, apontando os êxitos alcançados e os ... Read more

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O livro que temos o prazer de apresentar é fruto de um notável trabalho coletivo de acadêmicos que empreendem uma ampla reflexão acerca do impacto da atual lei de defesa da concorrência, após o seu primeiro quinquênio de vigência. O objetivo do livro é justamente o de suscitar uma ampla e profunda reflexão sobre a evolução da defesa da concorrência no país, apontando os êxitos alcançados e os
... Read more
A construção do antitruste no Brasil

1930-1964

by Mário André Machado Cabral ...

Neste importante trabalho, Mário expõe em uma pesquisa inédita os debates e interesses em torno da implantação da legislação de defesa da concorrência no Brasil. O leitor tem em mãos um livro fundamental que traz luz para todo um período da história brasileira que não pode ser esquecido ou menosprezado. Gilberto Bercovici (Professor Titular da Faculdade de Direito da USP) O livro tem duas grandes ... Read more

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Neste importante trabalho, Mário expõe em uma pesquisa inédita os debates e interesses em torno da implantação da legislação de defesa da concorrência no Brasil. O leitor tem em mãos um livro fundamental que traz luz para todo um período da história brasileira que não pode ser esquecido ou menosprezado. Gilberto Bercovici (Professor Titular da Faculdade de Direito da USP) O livro tem duas grandes
... Read more
Women in Antitrust

Antitrust across the borders

by Verônica de Castro Lameira ...

This is the first international book of the Women in Antitrust Network and we could not be more grateful for the opportunity to carry out this project and happier with the result. The ambition to organize a book written by women from different countries and nationalities rose from the success of the national book "Mulheres no Antitruste", which is already in its 6th edition, as well as from the ... Read more

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This is the first international book of the Women in Antitrust Network and we could not be more grateful for the opportunity to carry out this project and happier with the result. The ambition to organize a book written by women from different countries and nationalities rose from the success of the national book "Mulheres no Antitruste", which is already in its 6th edition, as well as from the
... Read more
Conceptualising Procedural Fairness in EU Competition Law

by Haukur Logi Karlsson ...

Series series Hart Studies in Competition Law
What constitutes a fair procedure when it comes to EU competition law?This innovative book seeks to understand the philosophical considerations at the core of conflicting procedural fairness arguments in EU competition law practice. The author argues for a conceptualisation of procedural fairness as a distributional issue that can be solved by a practical fairness theory and a comprehensive ... Read more

$38.60 USD

What constitutes a fair procedure when it comes to EU competition law?This innovative book seeks to understand the philosophical considerations at the core of conflicting procedural fairness arguments in EU competition law practice. The author argues for a conceptualisation of procedural fairness as a distributional issue that can be solved by a practical fairness theory and a comprehensive
... Read more
Intersections Between Corporate and Antitrust Law

Edited by Marco Corradi, Julian Nowag ...

Series series Global Competition Law and Economics Policy
Recent public debate on common ownership by institutional investors has brought awareness to one of the many intersections between the corporate and antitrust worlds. But the interplay between these two fields dates back to the dawn of US antitrust. This volume shines a light on the often underplayed and misunderstood connections between antitrust and corporate law and finance. It offers a multi ... Read more

$96.74 USD

Recent public debate on common ownership by institutional investors has brought awareness to one of the many intersections between the corporate and antitrust worlds. But the interplay between these two fields dates back to the dawn of US antitrust. This volume shines a light on the often underplayed and misunderstood connections between antitrust and corporate law and finance. It offers a multi
... Read more
The Cambridge Handbook of Technical Standardization Law

Competition, Antitrust, and Patents

Edited by Jorge L. Contreras ...

Series series Cambridge Law Handbooks
Technical standards are ubiquitous in the modern networked economy. They allow products made and sold by different vendors to interoperate with little to no consumer effort and enable new market entrants to innovate on top of established technology platforms. This groundbreaking volume, edited by Jorge L. Contreras, assesses and analyzes the legal aspects of technical standards and standardization ... Read more

$57.59 USD

Technical standards are ubiquitous in the modern networked economy. They allow products made and sold by different vendors to interoperate with little to no consumer effort and enable new market entrants to innovate on top of established technology platforms. This groundbreaking volume, edited by Jorge L. Contreras, assesses and analyzes the legal aspects of technical standards and standardization
... Read more
Viral Sovereignty and Technology Transfer

The Changing Global System for Sharing Pathogens for Public Health Research

Edited by Sam F. Halabi, Rebecca Katz ...

In the global infectious-disease research community, there has long been uncertainty about the conditions under which biological resources may be studied or transferred out of countries. This work examines the reasons for that uncertainty and shows how global biomedical research has been shaped by international disputes over access to biological resources. Bringing together government leaders, ... Read more

$28.79 USD

In the global infectious-disease research community, there has long been uncertainty about the conditions under which biological resources may be studied or transferred out of countries. This work examines the reasons for that uncertainty and shows how global biomedical research has been shaped by international disputes over access to biological resources. Bringing together government leaders,
... Read more
The Cambridge Handbook of International and Comparative Trademark Law

Edited by Irene Calboli, Jane C. Ginsburg ...

Series series Cambridge Law Handbooks
Trade in goods and services has historically resisted territorial confinement, but trademark protection remains territorial, albeit within an increasingly important framework of multilateral treaties. Trademark law therefore demands that practitioners, policy-makers and academics understand principles of international and comparative law. This handbook assists in that endeavour, with chapters ... Read more

$41.39 USD

Trade in goods and services has historically resisted territorial confinement, but trademark protection remains territorial, albeit within an increasingly important framework of multilateral treaties. Trademark law therefore demands that practitioners, policy-makers and academics understand principles of international and comparative law. This handbook assists in that endeavour, with chapters
... Read more

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