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Antitrust and the making of European tort law

Dunne, Niamh (2016) Antitrust and the making of European tort law. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 36 (2). 366 – 399. ISSN 0143-6503

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Identification Number: 10.1093/ojls/gqv027

Abstract

Efforts to develop a robust competition culture within the European Union, premised upon private enforcement of the EU competition rules, have gathered pace in recent years. This article examines the manner in which judicial innovation, coupled with legislative reinforcement, has rendered this area of primary importance in terms of the emergence of a distinct European tort law. In doing so, the article considers why this area has been singled out for such extensive vertical harmonisation, addressing this question from a variety of perspectives: those of a competition lawyer, a tort lawyer and a generalist EU lawyer. It is suggested that, while no single principled justification can explain the prioritisation of competition law in this respect, a constellation of contributory influences can be identified, including a notable comparative exemplar in the US experience, an increasingly central role for competition law within the framework of EU law more generally and, perhaps most importantly, significant institutional enthusiasm.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://ojls.oxfordjournals.org/
Additional Information: © 2015 The Author
Divisions: Law
Subjects: K Law > K Law (General)
Date Deposited: 25 Sep 2015 11:07
Last Modified: 07 Jan 2024 08:48
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/63745

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