The unveiling of the Anti-Monopoly Law (the “AML”) on August 30, 2007 marked a symbolic commencement of a new era of competition for China. Since the law was enacted in 2008, every move made by the Chinese antitrust authorities has been closely watched by the international community. While...

We analyze the capacities of communities (or social networks) and courts to secure cooperation among heterogeneous, impersonal transactors. We find that communities and courts are complementary in that they tend to support cooperation for different types of transactions but that the existence of...

Although patent rights confer substantial market control within their territorial scope, globalization is increasingly threatening the value of patent protection. Under the current regime, innovators who enter the global marketplace must obtain patent protection in each jurisdiction where they...

This paper discusses discretion and prioritisation in public antitrust enforcement, in particular in the enforcement of EU antitrust law. First, the paper defines the notion of discretion and discusses the rationale of discretion. Second, it examines the enforcement of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU...

It is estimated that crude oil, tourism and the illicit drug trade are among the top five most financially inducing businesses in the world. Drug cartels conduct sophisticated and well organised activities including money laundering and monitoring of large networks of their careers. In past the...

The article examines enforcement of the environmental laws of Israel and of the United States. It concentrates on provisions for enforcement of the laws by government authorities -- that is, either by administrative authorities or by the courts at the request of an administrative authority....

This survey has been undertaken in connection with a research project (The Cartel Project) that investigates various aspects of the criminalisation of cartel conduct in Australia. In section 1 of the Report we set out the background to cartel criminalisation in Australia (section 1.1) and...

This paper analyzes the Judicial Task from an economic view. According to the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) it calculates the technical efficiency of the Courts of First Instance of Andalusia, in 2008. The results show that the average of inefficient courts could simultaneously increase the...

Globalization poses many challenges to working people and their advocates. In light of the demands on the limited resources of United States unions and other labor advocates, it may seem folly to suggest an additional strategy for addressing the consequences of globalization. Yet there is a...

Like "child-safe" toys, modern technological tools can be designed to prevent users from harming themselves and others. For instance, vehicle manufacturers are testing cars that would automatically brake when a collision is imminent. And digital programming can target moral as well as physical...