Handbook

This thematic course will explore developments in competition law in established (likely to be Japan and Korea) and new (China, Hong Kong, Singapore) jurisdictions using Australian, US and EU law as background. Reference will also be made to the laws of the ASEAN jurisdictions. The focus areas will be competition policy, the economic and political background to each jurisdiction, and the major established competition law areas: arrangements between competitors; abuse of dominance and the like; mergers and acquisitions; and enforcement and remedies. The course will consider the issues of exemptions and application to the activities of governments and their businesses; issues of economic nationalism and the 'national interest'; and other topical issues. It will also deal with moves to uniformity of competition laws internationally.

Main Topics

• competition policy
• economics of competition law
• political and legal background to the laws in the region'
• arrangements between competitors and other
• abuse of the dominance and the like
• mergers and acquisitions
• enforcement and remedies
• state and local monopolies
• application of the law to government and government businesses
• economic nationalism and national security