Ordoliberalism, a particular version of European Neo-Liberal thought, has played a central role in the relationship between competition law and trade policy with the European Union. The substantive component of this body of thought, which is based in Germany, emphasizes the importance of a...

In my introduction to this Symposium I suggested that the expansion of international intellectual property rights in the context of global technological integration called for the development of new perspectives for assessing this phenomenon and its implications. In this Essay I explore the...

In this Symposium we view global technological integration from two public policy vantage points. One, the international intellectual property rights regime, is concerned with creating and protecting rights and the incentives associated with them. The other, competition law, seeks to protect the...

We often fail to see important dimensions of international human rights (HR) protection because we use lenses that do not reveal them. This short article suggests a way of looking at HR protection that I believe has value in many contexts and for many – those who make decisions about human...

Discussions of the future of competition law on the transnational level often reflect assumptions about the role of economics. Perhaps the most pivotal of these assumptions is that economics can provide a basis for global competition law convergence. It is pivotal, because choices and strategies...

Global competition now shapes economies and societies in ways unimaginable only a few years ago, and competition (or ‘antitrust') law is a key component of the legal framework for global competition. These laws are intended to protect competition from distortion and restraint, and on the...

The rapid pace of economic globalization and the dramatic turn toward economic competition as the central factor in public policy thinking would seem to augur well for comparative competition law scholarship. Together, they have brought a wave of new antitrust statutes and increased the...