Title Competition law in crisis : the antitrust response to economic shocks / Bruce Wardhaugh, Durham University

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022 ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 265 pages) Contents Legal framework -- The pre-more economic approach to competition's role in crisis management -- The Post-MEA relationship between competition law and crisis management -- The financial crisis of 2008 -- The covid crisis -- Brexit : squandered opportunities? -- Environment, sustainability goals, and the climate crisis Summary "For the sake of variety, except when referring to the American regime, we use 'competition' and 'antitrust' interchangeably. We also use the present numbering of the European Treaties' Articles, however, when not possible, the relevant referent should be obvious. This work was first conceived as a work on competition, sustainability and the environment. Indeed, that was the idea which I had when I first approached one of my editors at Cambridge University Press in very early March 2020. Within a few weeks, the focus of my project had changed, to consider the role of competition law in crises more generally. This work was written during the Covid Pandemic and the initial phase of Brexit, as such these crises were on-going when the book went to the publisher (November 2021). Much of the early economic impact of Brexit has been camouflaged by the effects of the Covid crisis, and any response by the UK's Government has been slow. The full economic effects of this episode in the history of the UK (and Europe as a whole) will not be felt for a while, nevertheless we have been able to examine the Government's actions to date"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 15, 2022) Subject Antitrust law -- Great Britain Competition, Unfair -- Great Britain Restraint of trade -- Great Britain Competition -- Great Britain LAW / Antitrust. Antitrust law Competition Competition, Unfair Restraint of trade Great Britain Form Electronic book LC no. 2022022807 ISBN 9781108987707 1108987702

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