TY - BOOK AU - Whish, Richard TI - Competition law SN - 9780199289387 PY - 2009/// CY - PB - Oxford University Press KW - Restraint of trade KW - Great Britain KW - Antitrust law KW - Restraint trade KW - European Union countries KW - European countries N1 - Competition policy and economics; Overview of EC and UK competition law--; Article 81(1)--; Article 81(3)--; Article 82--; The obligations of member states under the EC competition rules--; Articles 81 and 82 : public enforcement by the European Commission and national competition authorities under the modernisation regulation--; Articles 81 and 82 : private enforcement in the courts of member states--; Competition Act 1998 : substantive provisions--; Competition act 1998 and the cartel offence : public enforcement and procedure--; Enterprise Act 2002 : market studies and market investigations--; The international dimension of competition law--; Horizontal agreements (1) - cartels--; Horizontal agreements (2) - oligopoly, tacit collusion and collective dominance--; Horizontal agreements (3) - cooperation agreements--; Vertical agreements--; Abuse of dominance (1) : non-pricing practices--; Abuse of dominance (2) : pricing practices--; The relationship between intellectual property rights and competition law--; Mergers (1) : introduction--; Mergers (2) : EC law--; Mergers (3) : UK law--; Particular sectors.--; -- ER -