The internationalisation of antitrust policy

348 Pages·2003·1.4 MB·English

by  Maher M. Dabbah

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THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF
ANTITRUST POLICY
Theinternationalisationofantitrustpolicyisatopicofgreatcontemporary
significance and debate. Dr Dabbah provides an inquiry that is at once
clearly stated, original and empirical, setting out the relevant issues in
the context of law, economics and politics. He draws on the decisional
practiceofantitrustauthorities,actionsandstatementsofpoliticalbodies,
aswellasthedecisionsoflawcourts.Providingadetailedexamination
of the experiences of the European Community and the United States,
Dr Dabbah includes a comprehensive examination of central concepts
and ideas related to antitrust law and practice. The book concludes by
lookingforwardtopotentialdevelopmentsinthelandscape,andsuggests
anewapproachtotheinternationalisationofantitrustpolicy.Thiswill
beofinteresttoantitrustofficials,aswellasinternationalorganisations,
membersofthebusinesscommunity,academics,researchersandpolicy-
makerswhoareinvolvedinantitrustlawandpolicy.
maher m. dabbah is Lecturer in Competition Law at Queen Mary,
University of London, and is a Barrister in England and Wales. He is
alsoVisitingProfessorofCompetitionLawintheCollegeofManagement,
AcademicDivision,Israel.Heactsasaconsultanttoseveralcorporations
andinternationalorganisationsandisinvolvedinthetrainingoflawyers,
economists,judgesandgovernmentofficialsfrommanycountriesinthe
areaofantitrustlaw.

THE
INTERNATIONALISATION OF
ANTITRUST POLICY
MAHER M. DABBAH
LecturerinCompetitionLawatQueenMary,UniversityofLondon
andbarristeroftheMiddleTemple.
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CONTENTS
Preface pagex
Tableofreports xii
Tableofcases xv
Listofabbreviations xx
1 Introduction 1
General 1
Similaritiesanddifferences 2
Thescopeofthebook 4
Thenatureofthebook 6
Theexamplesofinternationalisation 9
Somereflectiononterminology 10
Globalisationanditsimplicationsforantitrustpolicy 12
Thestructureofthebook 15
2 Refiningsomeconceptsandideas 17
Theconceptofcompetition 17
Somehistoricalperspectivesofaparticularideaand
politicalphilosophy 28
Marketdefinition 35
Conclusion 44
3 Antitrustlaw:goalsandpoliticalperspective 46
Antitrustlaw:concept,frameworkandgoals 46
Apoliticalperspectiveofantitrustlaw 58
Competitionadvocacy 63
Conclusion 68
4 Theuseofdiscretion 70
Aframework 71
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viii contents
Identifyinginstancesofdiscretion 72
Dealingwithdiscretion 76
Someimplicationsoftheanalysis 83
Conclusion 85
5 ECantitrustpolicy 86
Someintroductoryissues 86
Institutionalframework 91
TherelationshipbetweenECanddomesticantitrustlaws 95
ThesignificanceandinfluenceofECantitrustlawbeyond
thesinglemarket 112
Implicationsoftheanalysis 134
Conclusion 138
6 Sovereignty 139
Theconceptualframeworkofsovereignty 140
Sovereigntyunderpublicinternationallaw 144
Sovereigntyandtheinternationalisationofantitrust
policy 149
Theemergingorder 154
Conclusion 158
7 Extraterritoriality 159
Thequestionofjurisdiction 159
Somefundamentalissues 164
DevelopmentsintheUSAandtheEC 167
Responsestoextraterritoriality 187
Somereflections 191
Dealingwithextraterritorialityanditsconflicts 196
Conclusion 204
8 Antitrustandtradepolicies 206
Overview 206
Thedifferentrestraints 209
Theperspectivesofantitrustandtradepolicies 215
Thedifferentapproaches 216
Marketaccessprinciple 227
Developmentsofsomeinterest 234
Implicationsoftheanalysis 237
Conclusion 246