Miller's Aust Competition Law & Pol 3e

Miller’s Australian Competition Law and Policy, 3^rd edition guides readers through the development of Australian competition law, addressing its underlying concepts and policy directions.

A complementary work to “Miller’s Australian Competition and Consumer Law  Annotated”  by explaining the historical and policy setting of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (previously the Trade Practices Act 1974).

Key benefits of Miller’s Australian Competition Law and Policy

• Provides guidance on the development of competition law in Australia explained in the framework of policy and the underlying concepts


• Utilising a subject-based approach, it explains this complex area of law.

CONTENTS

1. Origins of Australian Competition Law
2. The Objectives of Competition Policy
3. Competition Law Concepts
4. Economics and Competition Policy
5. Development of Australian Competition Policy 1972 -1992
6. Development of Australian Competition Policy 1993 to date
7. Cartels
8. Anticompetitive Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings and Concerted Practices
9. Vertical Constraints – Tying and other Vertical Restrictions
10. Unilateral Conduct Laws; Monopolisation and the Misuse of Market Power
11. Resale Price Maintenance
12. Mergers and Acquisitions
13. Codes of Conduct
14. Boycotts
15. Access to Essential Facilities
16. Exclusions and Immunities
17. Conseqences