Journal of Economic Literature
Book Reviews
2026-09-01
Terry Calvani of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP reviews “European Antitrust Law: Prohibitions, Merger Control and Procedures” by Lorenzo Federico Pace,. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Examines current European Community antitrust and merger control rules in their historical context, considering both the economic foundations and guiding principles of the law. Discusses cartels and the process of European integration; European antitrust powers; Article 81 EC; Article 82 EC; Articles 81 and 82 EC applied to the member states; vertical aspects of European antitrust law; the bodies and institutions of the European antitrust enforcement system; the antitrust enforcement system established by the European Community Treaty; the antitrust enforcement system established by Regulation 1/03; European merger control; and the merger control system established by Regulation 139/04. Pace is Associate Professor of European Union Law at the University of Camerino. Bibliography; index.”