This volume examines the controversy surrounding the use of competition law to combat excessive pricing. While high or monopolistic pricing is not regarded as an antitrust violation in the US, employing abuse of dominance provisions in competition laws to fight excessive pricing has gained...

This open access book provides answers to key open questions concerning competition policy in emerging economies, with a focus on South Eastern Europe. The contributions address two major issues. One is the design of competition policy and the national competition authorities that enforce it,...

1. Prologue: The Paradox of Punishment -- 2. The Social Cost of Crime: Deterrence -- 3. Crime as Exchange: Retribution -- 4. Sentencing Guidelines and Judicial Discretion: Balancing Deterrence and Retribution -- 5. Plea Bargaining: Negotiated Justice -- 6. Repeat Offenders: Marginal Deterrence...

Part I. Discrimination -- Chapter 1: Gender Equity in Athletics -- Chapter 2: Should the Government be Allowed to Discriminate? -- Chapter 3: Christian Landlords: Sinners Need Not Apply -- Chapter 4: The Boy Scouts’ Right to Discriminate -- Chapter 5: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace -- Part...

1. Data Analytics and Litigation -- 2. History of Data Analysis in US Courts -- 3. Examples of Litigation Involving Big Data Analytics -- 4. The Courts as Gatekeeper of Big Data Evidence -- 5. Indirect Use of Big Data Analytics in US Courts -- 6. Future Challenges and Recommendations

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part 1. Foundations -- Chapter 2. What is legal reasoning about: a jurisprudential account -- Chapter 3. Economic approaches to legal reasoning: an overview -- Part 2. Economics and Legal Interpretations -- Chapter 4. Economics in judicial decision-making: four types...

Die Abfindungsbemessung am Beispiel des aktienrechtlichen Minderheitenausschlusses -- Die Unternehmensbewertung in Wissenschaft und rechtlicher Anwendung -- Die Akteure der gerichtlichen Unternehmensbewertung und ihre Interessen -- Die Interessenarbeit im Umfeld der gerichtlichen...

This book demonstrates how economics is used in cases of competition in Japan. Competition between firms is usually the most effective way of allocating economic resources and achieving consumer and producer welfare. At the same time, a balance must be struck; firms must not be over-regulated,...

Chapter 1. Overview of Mergers & Acquisitions -- Chapter 2. The Economic Effects of Antitrust Laws on M&A Markets -- Chapter 3. M&A Policies Review under the Competition and National Security Laws in the United States -- Chapter 4. M&A Policies Review under the Competition and National Security...