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This page intentionally left blank 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. Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge , United Kingdom Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521820790 © Maher M. Dabbah 2003 This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format 2003 - isbn-13 978-0-511-06179-0 eBook (NetLibrary) - isbn-10 0-511-06179-X eBook (NetLibrary) - isbn-13 978-0-521-82079-0 hardback - isbn-10 0-521-82079-0 hardback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of s for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this book, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Tomyparents 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 vii 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
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