Bellamy & Child: European Community Law of Competition

Fully updated new edition of a leading practitioner work on EC Competition law, famous for its precise statement of legal principles and exhaustive citation of judicial and legislative authorities
Written by a team of barristers and solicitors, recognized experts in this area of the law
Major new chapter on Market Definition
Increased coverage of national decisions and the role of Member States post-modernisation
Updated materials volume contains all the relevant legislation with cross-references to the coverage in the commentary
The new edition of this eminent and authoritative work has been fully updated to encompass the major changes in substantive law, enforcement procedures and case law since the last edition. It examines the impact of modernisation on enforcement by national authorities and courts, while coverage of national decisions post-modernisation is integrated in the book, using information collated from a network of key correspondents in the Member States. Increased coverage of the new system has been introduced in particular within the chapter on the Community Context and the Role of Member States.

There is a major new chapter on Market Definition, while coverage of Sectoral regimes and their relationship with competition law is consolidated into a single chapter which focuses in particular upon agriculture, energy, insurance, telecommunications, and transport.
The comprehensive accompanying volume of European Community competition law materials (edited by Andrew Macnab, a barrister at Monckton Chambers) has been fully updated to include all of the relevant legislation, Commission Notices and Guidelines, and as a new feature now provides detailed cross-references to the commentary in the main work.


Readership: Practitioners dealing with competition (antitrust), business and EC law; competition and trade authorities; practitioners and regulators in key sectors such as telecommunications, financial services, intellectual property and transport; academics specialising in competition (antitrust), business and EC law; reference libraries; in each case, throughout Europe and worldwide.