The Development Of Competition Law And Economics In South Africa

Author : Kasturi Moodaliyar,Simon A. Roberts
Publisher : HSRC Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Antitrust law
ISBN : 079692404X

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The Development of Competition Law and Economics in South Africa by Kasturi Moodaliyar,Simon A. Roberts Pdf

An important and timely contribution to rapidly growing competition law in South Africa, this study meets the need for critical evaluation of the developments in the field since the Competition Act came into force in 1999. Chapters cover vital questions ranging from broad policy considerations to technical issues in the main areas of competition evaluation, namely merger assessment, abuse-of-dominance enforcement, and the detection and prosecution of cartels. The book reflects on the maturing South African competition law regime and discusses a framework for promotion competition in electronic communications; vertical arithmetic and its application in vertical mergers; price discrimination in input markets; the empirical differences between collusion, parallelism, and competition; and the role of information exchange in facilitating collusion.

Author : Balthasar Strunz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783662576274

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The Interface of Competition Law, Industrial Policy and Development Concerns by Balthasar Strunz Pdf

This book analyses essential concepts of competition law and industrial policy, and shows where the two areas clash with and complement each other, respectively. The discussion takes place in the context of developing countries, taking into consideration their realities and specific needs. South Africa serves as a real-world example for competition law that goes beyond the notion of consumer welfare. An in-depth analysis of the enforcement of South African law illustrates how the law is used both to combat the negative effects of past industrial policy, and to accommodate current economic and social needs.The book is intended for all readers with an interest in the enforcement of competition law in developing countries. It will particularly benefit those who want to learn about unorthodox approaches that integrate the concept of “public interest” and social imperatives into the application of competition law.

Author : Imraan Valodia,Jonathan Klaaren,Simon Roberts
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781776141685

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Competition Law and Economic Regulation in Southern Africa by Imraan Valodia,Jonathan Klaaren,Simon Roberts Pdf

Shaping markets through competition and economic regulation is at the heart of addressing the development challenges facing countries in southern Africa. The contributors to Competition Law and Economic Regulation: Addressing Market Power in southern Africa critically assess the efficacy of the competition and economic regulation frameworks, including the impact of a number of the regional competition authorities in a range of sectors throughout southern Africa. Featuring academics as well as practitioners in the field, the book addresses issues common to southern African countries, where markets are small and concentrated, with particularly high barriers to entry, and where the resources to enforce legislation against anti-competitive conduct are limited. What is needed, the contributors argue, is an understanding of competition and regional integration as part of an inclusive growth agenda for Africa. By examining competition and regulation in a single framework, and viewing this within the southern African experience, this volume adds new perspectives to the global competition literature. It is an essential reference tool and will be of great interest to policymakers and regulators, as well as the rapidly growing ecosystem of legal practitioners and economists engaged in the field.

Author : David Lewis
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781781953754

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Enforcing Competition Rules in South Africa by David Lewis Pdf

This fascinating book describes and analyses the development of competition law in South Africa, promoting a deeper understanding of the development of this foundational economic law within its specific national, social and economic context. Enforcing Competition Rules in South Africa is a clear and insightful account of the establishment and first decade of one of the most successful competition law institutions to have mushroomed over the past 15 years. David Lewis believes that, while there is much to learn from international scholarship and jurisprudence and from participation in the various multinational initiatives in this field, competition law and its institutions have to be understood within their national economic and social contexts. Drawing strongly on case law and enforcement experiences, this book will appeal to academics, researchers and practitioners of competition law and economics.

Author : Michal S. Gal,Mor Bakhoum,Josef Drexl,Eleanor M. Fox,David J. Gerber
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781783471508

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The Economic Characteristics of Developing Jurisdictions by Michal S. Gal,Mor Bakhoum,Josef Drexl,Eleanor M. Fox,David J. Gerber Pdf

There is ongoing debate as to what competition law and policy is most suitable for developing jurisdictions. This book argues that the unique characteristics of developing jurisdictions matter when crafting and enforcing competition law and these shoul

Author : Eleanor M. Fox,Mor Bakhoum
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780190930998

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Making Markets Work for Africa by Eleanor M. Fox,Mor Bakhoum Pdf

This is a book on market law and policy in sub-Saharan Africa. It shows how markets can be harnessed by poorer and developing economies to help make the markets work for them: to help them integrate into the world economy and raise the standard of living for their people while preserving their values of inclusive development. It studies particular countries and particular regions, delving deeply into the facts.

Author : Tembinkosi Bonakele,Eleanor Fox,Liberty Mncube
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780192538703

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Competition Policy for the New Era by Tembinkosi Bonakele,Eleanor Fox,Liberty Mncube Pdf

Competition law has expanded to more than 100 jurisdictions worldwide with varying degrees of economic, social, and institutional development, raising important questions as to what is the appropriate design of competition law regimes and the interaction between competition law and economic development. This volume, comprising a selection of papers from the 4th BRICS International Competition Conference written by academic and practising economists and lawyers from both developed and developing countries, is distinctive in its focus on a broader view of competition policy in BRICS and developing countries. It examines the role competition, the application of broader public interest and national interest concerns in the analysis and influence on developing country competition authorities' policy-making. The contributors address topics such as: - a broad view of competition policy; - making markets work for the people as a post millennium development goal; - some key issues concerning the further development of China's antimonopoly law; - remedies in BRICS countries; - public interest issues in cross-border mergers; - crafting creative remedies in food markets in South Africa; - what are African competition authorities doing to fight cartels?; - successes and challenges in the fight against cartels; and the economics of antitrust sanctioning.

Author : D. Daniel Sokol,Thomas K. Cheng,Ioannis Lianos
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780804787925

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Competition Law and Development by D. Daniel Sokol,Thomas K. Cheng,Ioannis Lianos Pdf

The vast majority of the countries in the world are developing countries—there are only thirty-four OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries—and yet there is a serious dearth of attention to developing countries in the international and comparative law scholarship, which has been preoccupied with the United States and the European Union. Competition Law and Development investigates whether or not the competition law and policy transplanted from Europe and the United States can be successfully implemented in the developing world or whether the developing-world experience suggests a need for a different analytical framework. The political and economic environment of developing countries often differs significantly from that of developed countries in ways that may have serious implications for competition law enforcement. The need to devote greater attention to developing countries is also justified by the changing global economic reality in which developing countries—especially China, India, and Brazil—have emerged as economic powerhouses. Together with Russia, the so-called BRIC countries have accounted for thirty percent of global economic growth since the term was coined in 2001. In this sense, developing countries deserve more attention not because of any justifiable differences from developed countries in competition law enforcement, either in theoretical or practical terms, but because of their sheer economic heft. This book, the second in the Global Competition Law and Economics series, provides a number of viewpoints of what competition law and policy mean both in theory and practice in a development context.

Author : David Lewis
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781781953730

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Building New Competition Law Regimes by David Lewis Pdf

ÔNearly every important country now has a competition law. It is vital to understand the institutions that drive the operation of these laws. This excellent volume provides case studies of some of the more substantial new competition authorities written by former or current top agency officials and academics closely connected with those institutions. The book highlights the fact that whilst these institutions have certain features in common, they are very much shaped by the history and circumstances of their own countries and cultures, and that any serious prescription for them needs to balance those factors against the general economic doctrines that lie behind competition law around the world. Without that understanding, regulators and those dealing with them are likely to face failure. The book points to ways of resolving those problems.Õ Ð Allan Fels, The Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) This detailed book focuses on the development of competition law institutions and contains case studies that examine this against the backdrop of the debate around global convergence of competition law and the limits imposed by particular national circumstances. Five of the chapters examine the development of competition law regimes in a diverse range of countries: Mexico, Hungary, South Africa, Thailand (with comparative remarks on South Korea) and Zambia. The remaining chapters examine the role of multinational institutions, particularly the International Competition Network, and the practice of and potential for regional competition law arrangements. The majority of the authors are seasoned practitioners of competition law, all of whom acknowledge the importance of convergence, while simultaneously demonstrating the limits imposed by divergent national circumstances. This carefully edited collection is a companion volume to Enforcing Competition Rules in South Africa, an account of the development of competition law institutions in South Africa, authored by David Lewis and published by Edward Elgar. Building New Competition Law Regimes will be of particular benefit to scholars, teachers and practitioners of competition law. It will also be of interest to development studies scholars, teachers and practitioners and to specialists in the countries that are the subjects of the case studies.

Author : Precious N. Ndlovu
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789403544120

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Competition Law in South Africa by Precious N. Ndlovu Pdf

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of competition law and its interpretation in South Africa covers every aspect of the subject – the various forms of restrictive agreements and abuse of dominance prohibited by law and the rules on merger control; tests of illegality; filing obligations; administrative investigation and enforcement procedures; civil remedies and criminal penalties; and raising challenges to administrative decisions. Lawyers who handle transnational commercial transactions will appreciate the explanation of fundamental differences in procedure from one legal system to another, as well as the international aspects of competition law. Throughout the book, the treatment emphasizes enforcement, with relevant cases analysed where appropriate. An informative introductory chapter provides detailed information on the economic, legal, and historical background, including national and international sources, scope of application, an overview of substantive provisions and main notions, and a comprehensive description of the enforcement system including private enforcement. The book proceeds to a detailed analysis of substantive prohibitions, including cartels and other horizontal agreements, vertical restraints, the various types of abusive conduct by the dominant firms and the appraisal of concentrations, and then goes on to the administrative enforcement of competition law, with a focus on the antitrust authorities’ powers of investigation and the right of defence of suspected companies. This part also covers voluntary merger notifications and clearance decisions, as well as a description of the judicial review of administrative decisions. Its succinct yet scholarly nature, as well as the practical quality of the information it provides, make this book a valuable time-saving tool for business and legal professionals alike. Lawyers representing parties with interests in South Africa will welcome this very useful guide, and academics and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of international and comparative competition law.

Author : Frederic Jenny,Yannis Katsoulacos
Publisher : Springer
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783319309484

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Competition Law Enforcement in the BRICS and in Developing Countries by Frederic Jenny,Yannis Katsoulacos Pdf

This contributed volume focuses on competition policy enforcement in BRICS and developing counties. It examines the role and application of economic analysis and evidence in law enforcement procedures, as well as their influence on competition authorities’ policy-making. The contributors also address topics such as recent developments in competition law and practice, institutional design, indicators of performance in enforcement, the incorporation of public interest concerns in Competition Authority objectives, procedural fairness, procurement procedures and compulsory licensing.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Antitrust law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122918209

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Competition Law & Policy by Anonim Pdf

Author : Luke Kelly,David Unterhalter,Isabel Goodman,Paula Youens,Patrick Smith
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Antitrust law
ISBN : 0199076537

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Principles of Competition Law in South Africa by Luke Kelly,David Unterhalter,Isabel Goodman,Paula Youens,Patrick Smith Pdf

"[This book offers an] introduction to the general principles of competition law and policy in South Africa. The text presents the fundamental principles of competition law within a clear and practical framework, and supports enquiring engagement with critical and reflective issues...[The] text introduces relevant, key concepts and perspectives of competition economic theory, inviting readers to deepen their understanding of the core subject matter in an accessible manner."--

Author : Pradeep S Mehta
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136598487

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Evolution of Competition Laws and their Enforcement by Pradeep S Mehta Pdf

This edited volume identifies the various country specific factors that warrant changes in the design and implementation of competition laws. The book covers case studies of nine countries of differing sizes and at varying stages of economic development, that have at one stage or another repealed extant competition laws for new ones, and seeks to examine the motivations and contexts under which this was done. The countries examined include the Czech Republic, Hungary, India, Ireland, Poland, Serbia, South Africa, Tanzania and the UK. Tracing the evolution of competition regimes in the countries covered, the book provides lessons for countries still in the process of forming their competition regimes. The contributions show that the road to strong competition regimes is seldom smooth, and that social, economic and political factors in the country hugely impact on the pace and effectiveness of competition reforms. The volume also addresses the issue of when the development of competition policies and laws can be seen to be in conflict with national development strategies.

Author : Roger van den Bergh,Peter D. Camesasca
Publisher : Intersentia nv
Page : 617 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Antitrust law
ISBN : 9789050951616

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European Competition Law and Economics by Roger van den Bergh,Peter D. Camesasca Pdf

The aim of this book is to explore the economic fundamentals of European competition law.