77721 Restrictive Trade Practices (PG)

Requisite(s): 77885c Legal Process and Legal Research OR 60 credit points of completed study in C04148 Master of Law and Legal Practice

These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.

There are also course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.

This is an advanced study of the law and recent developments in the area. Where relevant, a comparative analysis is undertaken and the regulation of competition in the United States and the European Union is studied. The subject examines the goals of competition law and policy from both a lawyer's and an economist's perspective. The specific issues which are examined include those which relate to misuse of market power, mergers, collusive conduct, exclusionary conduct, boycotts, exclusive dealing agreements, resale price maintenance, access regulation, and industry-specific market conduct regulation. Current topics include the deregulation of government business enterprises.