Antitrust

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• Part 1 An Introduction to Antitrust law p. 3
• 1 The history, nature, and theory of federal competition policy p. 3
• Part II The Economic Foundations of Contemporary Antitrust p. 19
• 2 Part One of a Two-Part Strategy for Understanding Antitrust Economics p. 21
• 3 Part Two of the Two-Part Strategy: Economic Generalizations That Pervade Modern Antitrust p. 53
• 4 The All-Important Concept of Market Power p. 69
• Part III Conspiracies in Restraint of Trade p. 83
• 5 An Introduction to Sherman Act (section) 1 p. 85
• 6 Per Se Offenses p. 99
• 7 The Rule of Reason and the Doctrine of Ancillary Restraints p. 111
• 8 Intermediate Analysis: The Long Struggle to Define an Abbreviated Rule of Reason p. 119
• 9 One Further Problem in Horizontal Cooperation: Exchanges of Information p. 131
• Part IV Vertical Restraints p. 137
• 10 Antitrust and the Distribution of Goods: A Whole New World p. 139
• 11 Tying and Exclusive Contracting p. 149
• Part V Proof of Conspiracy p. 159
• 12 Proof of Conspiracy Under Sherman Act (section) 1 p. 161
• Part VI Confronting Mr. Big: The Law of Monopoly p. 181
• 13 The Offense of Monopolization p. 183
• 14 Attempted Monopolization and Conspiracy to Monopolize p. 225
• Part VII Antitrust, Innovation, and Intellectual Property p. 233
• 15 Antitrust, Innovation, and Intellectual Property p. 235
• Part VIII Price Discrimination p. 251
• 16 Price Discrimination and the Robinson-Patman Act p. 253
• Part IX Antitrust Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions p. 269
• 17 Antitrust Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions p. 271
• 18 Merger Review Under Hart-Scott-Rodino p. 311
• Part X Institutions and Procedures in Antitrust p. 331
• 19 Institutions and Procedures in Antitrust p. 333
• Part XI The Scope of Antitrust p. 361
• 20 The Scope of Antitrust Generally p. 363
• 21 Antitrust and Politics p. 377
• 22 Antitrust and the Regulated Industries p. 409
• 23 The Labor Exemption p. 429
• Appendix. Further topics in antitrust economics: the problem of industrial organization p. 459