Annotation. COMPETITION LAW IN AUSTRALIA, 6TH EDITION provides a comprehensive discussion of the provisions of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) (CCA) dealing with the regulation of competition and markets in Australia. This book covers disparate topics, such as restrictions in horizontal and vertical agreements, horizontal mergers and acquisitions, misuse of market power, and access to services necessary to compete in upstream or downstream markets. However, the unifying theme of this text is that it is not possible to apply a formalistic approach in applying the CCA. The decisions of the courts, and the competition authorities responsible for implementing and enforcing the CCA, underline the need to undertake a detailed substantive economic analysis of the effect of the agreement or conduct at issue on competition, efficiency and consumer welfare.
Aimed at students and legal practitioners, this analysis of the Trades Practices Act compares Australian implementation with the US and EEC. Discusses policy goals of the Act, misuse of market...
This book covers disparate topics, such as restrictions in horizontal and vertical agreements, mergers and acquisitions, misuse of market power, and access to services necessary to compete in upstream or downstream markets.
The new edition of AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION LAW has been fully revised and the discussion of recent case law has been expanded.
Annotation. COMPETITION LAW, sometimes known as the law of restrictive trade practices or antitrust law, is complex and dynamic.
This book will be valuable for corporate lawyers, bureaucrats, students studying business or law, academics and practitioners seeking a contextual understanding of the law in this important area.
Lawyers representing parties with interests in Australia will welcome this very useful guide, and academics and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of international and comparative competition law.
This text for law students and practitioners provides an overview of the development of Australian competition law and the changes resulting from the national competition policy. Discusses market power and...
Explaining the law and policy in clear terms, without oversimplifying this significant area of commercial law, the book will be valuable for corporate lawyers advising within their business on competition and consumer law questions, lawyers ...
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In any event, the relevant employees in Radio Rentals were not directing minds. 186 See Brambles Holdings Ltdv Carey (1976) 15 SASR270,275–6 (Bray CJ); Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v J McPhee & Son ...