Susan Beth Farmer

The European Experience with Merger and Deregulation

This comprehensive book contains case studies on the evolution of competition policy, with an emphasis on merger policy, for seven major US industries that have experienced substantial deregulation in the past forty years – electricity, natural gas, telecommunications, railroads, airlines, hospitals and banking. Also included is a comparison of the EU’s experience in attempting to bring about competition in the energy, finance, and airline industries.

Global competition - implications for enforcement

Article by Professor Susan Farmer (Professor of Law, Dickinson School of Law, Pennsylvania State University)dealing with government enforcement of competition laws to protect global competition, also considering the role of private actions as a component of competition enforcement in many jurisdictions. Derived from a lecture presented at the IALS on 24 March 2003 and published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.