This volume includes selected chapters from the annual proceedings of the Fordham Corporate Law Institute. The general subject is the reform of EC competition law enforcement. This has been the subject of many Fordham conferences over the years. Indeed, EC Commission officials have stated that the modern reform proposals presently being considered had their roots at Fordham. The present volume includes seminal articles and critiques of the EC competition law regime as well as very recent discussions of the Commission's proposal for reform. Because much of the literature on EC competition law reform is scattered, the present volume should be useful in including in one place a broad selection of articles and roundtable discussions. The chapters cover not only institutional and jurisdictional issues like decentralization and sharing of powers between the Commission and the EC member states, but also substantive issues like the scope of Article 81 and the rule(s) of reason. These and other issues are examined from both an analytical and historical perspective which greatly facilitates understanding of the future implications of the reform measures presently being debated. In sum, the chapters are not merely of historical interest, but problems and questions of ongoing importance are discussed as well.
Editor:
Barry Hawk, Director, Fordham Corporate Law Institute; Professor of Law, Fordham University and Partner, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom (New York and Brussels).
"... the predominant forum for discussion of leading edge
international antitrust issues. Both the conference and the published volume of
proceedings are eagerly awaited events on the annual antitrust calendar."
— J. William Rowley and A.
Neil Campbell, Former Chair and Vice Chair of Committee C, (Antitrust
and Trade Law) International Bar Association (IBA)
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is the largest single source of information and analysis on Community (now
European Union) antitrust law anywhere. ... Also, some of the older papers are
still the best statement of the legal principles in certain areas, even if
there is recent case law."
— Common Market Law Review
