This volume covers general concepts in competition law, providing a high-level introduction to key legal principles and the development of competition policy, featuring a substantial section on the economic context of competition law.

• Preface


• 1: Institutional actors, design and history of the EU and UK Competition Law Systems


• 2: The goals of EU and UK Competition Law


• 3: The economics of competition law: relevant market and market power


• 4: The personal scope of the EU and UK Competition Law


• 5: The elements of Article 101 TFEU/ Chapter I CA 98: Collusion


• 6: The elements of Article 101 TFEU/ Chapter I of the UK Competition Act: Restriction of Competition


• 7: Horizontal restrictions of competition


• 8: Abuse of dominant position: Main elements


• 9: Abuse of a dominant position (specific abuses)


• 10: Distribution Agreements


• 11: The oligopoly problem in competition law


• 12: Mergers

Ioannis Lianos holds the Chair in Global Competition Law and Public Policy at the Faculty of Laws, University College London, and the Gutenberg Research Chair at the Ecole Nationale d'Administration in France. He is the founder and Director of the Centre for Law, Economics and Society at UCL Laws and Chief researcher at the HSE-Skolkovo Institute for Law & Development. He has also been a Non-Governmental Advisor at the International Competition Network since 2009.
Valentine Korah is Emeritus Professor of Competition Law at the UCL Faculty of Laws.
Paolo Siciliani is a competition expert at the Bank of England's Prudential Regulation Authority and a Visiting Lecturer at UCL Faculty of Laws.