One way of gaining insight into differences between legal systems and assessing their significance is to examine what they — i.e., their representatives — say about each other. The European Commission’s prohibition of the proposed merger between GE and Honeywell in the summer of 2001 led...

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...

Global convergence has been a central theme in competition law for more than two decades. It has provided a way of understanding where competition law is and where it is going. Until very recently, most observers have assumed it would continue to play that role. Brexit, Trump and other...

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...

Underlying the recurring debates over the future of Article 82 EC (now Article 102) are competing images of what its goals are and should be. Such debates about the law relating to dominant enterprises are not new, and they are also not likely to end, because the legal concept of "abuse" is...

In discussions of the regionalization of competition law, the political dimension often leads a shadowy existence. Regionalization tends to be presented with a hint of a halo around it. States are presented as acting for a shared policy objective intended to benefit all, and political issues...

The language of treaties and international organizations shapes most thinking about international law. States and formal institutions play the primary roles in creating, enacting and giving force to these texts. These “products” are the natural focus of attention, because they carry some...

Competition law and the economic characteristics of developing countries / Simon J. Evenett -- What features measure economic competition in developing countries? / Ignacio L. De Leon -- Lifting the veil : rethinking the classification of developing economies for competition law and policy /...