Brassey; Wilson; Campbell; Legh; Simkins; Unterhalter

Competition Law

“Destined to be a leading work in this field” – from the Foreword by The Hon Mr Justice Dennis Davis, Judge President of the Competition Appeal Court. In the Competition Act 89 of 1998, the South African legislature has provided a framework for the development of a modern system of competition law in this country. The challenge to South African lawyers is to understand the relation between law and economics, to grasp the economic consequences of decisions taken in terms of the Act, and to develop South African competition law into a coherent body. To this challenge, says Mr Justice Dennis Davis in his Foreword, “this book represents a careful and eloquent response…. written by a team of exceptionally distinguished lawyers and a renowned economist…. Competition Law is destined to be leading work in this field. It is a book which will assist in the development of a sophisticated indigenous body of South African competition law to meet the complex challenging objectives of the Act in particular and our society in general.” Written by eminent authors drawn from the legal and economic disciplines, Competition Law provides a penetrating analysis of its subject and sets out the context in which the 1998 Act is to be interpreted and applied.