The criminalization of European Cartel enforcement : theoretical, legal, and practical challenges / Dr Peter Whelan, LLB (Ling Fran), LLM, PG Cert, PhD (Cantab) Attorney-at-Law (New York)
Edition
First edition
Published
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2014
An introduction to European antitrust criminalization and its theoretical, legal, and practical challenges -- Potential theoretical justifications for European antitrust criminalization -- European antitrust criminalization and the challenge of deterrence theory -- European antitrust criminalization and the challenge of retribution theory -- European antitrust criminalization and the first challenge of due process : a "strengthening of rights" in favour of the accused? -- European antitrust criminalization and the second challenge of due process : imposing criminal sanctions alongside civil sanctions -- European antitrust criminalization and the challenge of legal certainty -- European antitrust criminalization and the first challenge of design : defining the criminal cartel offence -- European antitrust criminalization and the second challenge of design : understanding the complexities of leniency/immunity -- European antitrust criminalization and the third challenge of design : identifying the desirable enforcement strategies -- concluding remarks on the theoretical, legal, and practical challenges of European antitrust criminalization
Summary
The challenges facing the criminalisation of cartel activity in the European Union are threefold: theoretical, legal, and practical. This book analyses these crucial challenges so that the complexity of the process of European antitrust criminalisation can be accurately understood
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-366) and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 16, 2015)