Competition law
4th edition, June 2024
Daniel Mainguy
Malo Depincé
Mathilde Cayot
Publisher's presentation
Unfair competition, parasitism, brutal breach of established commercial relations, cartel, abuse of dominant position, market power, competitive damage, fixed prices, mergers, state aid, European authorities: the key words in competition law are legion. Competition law is not easy to grasp. The aim of this book is to make it accessible to all, by presenting an analysis of both anti-competitive practices (antitrust law) and those that form part of the flow of ordinary business law (unfair competition, non-competition clauses, restrictive competition practices, etc.).
This 4th edition of Competition Law keeps pace with changes in the rules and case law, and provides a better understanding of the contributions made by the EGalim laws on restrictive competition practices and their international application, developments in compensation for economic loss, the upheaval of the rules on anti-competitive practices following the Covid-19 crisis, and the return of inflation and rising international tensions affecting the claim to the existence of a "competitive order".
General presentation of competition law
Origin and evolution of competition law standards - Definitions and objectives of competition law - Authorities in charge of competition control
Rules of unfair competition law and non-competition clauses
Rules of unfair competition law - Non-competition clauses and alternatives
Transparency and "restrictive competition practices"
Transparency and commercial negotiation - Restrictive competition practices - International applications
Rules governing market regulation: antitrust law
General presentation of the rules of domestic, European and international law on anti-competitive practices - Rules of antitrust law
The authors:
Daniel Mainguy is Professor at the Sorbonne Law School, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
Malo Depincé is Professor at the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the University of Montpellier and Director of LICeM.
Mathilde Cayot is a lecturer at Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 and a member of LICeM.