Dunne Niamh

Jones & Sufrin's EU Competition Law: Text, Cases, and Materials provides a complete guide to EU competition law in a single, authoritative volume. An in-depth commentary of EU Competition Law from leading experts in the field is supplemented with carefully selected extracts from key cases and statutory materials to support readers as they approach this highly technical area of law. Now in its ninth edition, this new edition is fully updated with the most recent regulations and guidance, case law of the EU courts, and Commission decisional practice. With critical insights into developments in the field, the book is uniquely placed to consider on-going policy debates and disputed legal questions. Thorough footnoting and referencing help readers to effectively navigate the available literature, making this an ideal text for competition law scholars engaged in specialized study, undergraduate and postgraduate students, and legal professionals working in competition law.

Niamh Dunne undertakes a systematic exploration of the relationship between competition law and economic regulation as legal mechanisms of market control. Beginning from a theoretical assessment of these legal instruments as discrete mechanisms, the author goes on to address numerous facets of the substantive interrelationship between competition law and economic regulation. She considers, amongst other aspects, the concept of regulatory competition law; deregulation, liberalisation and 'regulation for competition'; the concurrent application of competition law in regulated markets; and relevant institutional aspects including market study procedures, the distribution of enforcement powers between competition agencies and sector regulators, and certain legal powers that demonstrate a 'hybridised' quality lying between competition law and economic regulation. Throughout her assessment, Dunne identifies and explores recurrent considerations that inform and shape the optimal relationship between these legal mechanisms within any jurisdiction.