The Antitrust Enterprise: Principle and Execution
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (538 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674027418 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 376 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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His new book, The Antitrust Enterprise, is the fruitful product of this synergy, and promises to be this generation's version of Robert Bork's Antitrust Paradox. (Richard A. It is aimed at a broad constituency of readers rather than specialists in the field, and its presentation is very clear, avoiding technical jargon and methodology. In his simple yet highly analytical style, Professor Hovenkamp analyzes, criticizes, and offers solutions to some of the main problems faced by antitrust doctrine and enforcement today. Epstein, University of Chicago Law School and Hoover Institutio
. and Dorothy Willie Professor of Law and History, University of Iowa College of Law. Herbert Hovenkamp is Ben V
Execution, however, is another matter. The result is an antitrust policy that is faithful to the consumer welfare principle but that is also more readily manageable by the federal courts and other antitrust tribunals.. The rules of antitrust remain unfocused, insufficiently precise, and excessively complex. The problem of poorly designed rules is severe, because in the short run rules weigh much more heavily than principles. At bottom, antitrust is a defensible enterprise only if it can make the microeconomy work better, after accounting for the considerable costs of operating the system.The Antitrust Enterprise is the first authoritative and compact exposition of antitrust law since Robert Bork's classic The Antitrust Paradox was published more than thirty years ago. After thirty years, the debate over antitrust's ideology has quieted. Most now agree that the protection of consumer welfare should be the only goal of antitrust laws. It confron
good lecture jotavio Several points to really think about. Cover important issues related to Antitrust principles which must be rethinked. Excelente presentation and easy to understand .. Perfect Vitor Martins Dias Another great book written by Hovenkamp. His titles are really good, I recommend every one that he writes, especially Federal Antitrust Policy, for a general view about antitrust, and The Antitrsut Enterprise for market situations.Regards, Vitor!. "Outstanding and approachable" according to C. Brown. Professor Hovenkamp is arguably (barely arguable) the most influential antitrust scholar still active in the field. If the U.S. Supreme Court hears a case, one side or the other or the Court (and possibly all three) will cite his 20 or so volume treatise on antitrust. Every serious antitrust lawyer or scholar has that body of work to reference.The remarkable thing about this particular book is not its mastery of what is an extremely difficult and technical area of law and economics (though that is impress