Competition Law and Policy - JURD7419
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: See below
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Pre-requisite: 36 UOC of JURD courses for students enrolled prior to 2013. For students enrolled after 2013, pre-requisite: 72 UOC of JURD courses.
Excluded: LAWS8219, TABL5533, LEGT5531
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
Description
This course is an in-depth examination of competition law. It examines Part IV of the Competition and Consumer Act (formerly the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) (TPA), and the parallel state provisions of the Competition Code, including the provisions dealing with criminal liability for cartel conduct in some detail. The course does not address consumer protection. A prior knowledge of economics is not essential for this course.
Main Topics
• Competition policy, including history, objectives and current proposals for amendment
• Economic foundations including concepts of market, market power and competition
• Cartel conduct, including both criminal and civil liability and other non-criminal collusion provisions
• Misuse of market power
• Vertical conduct: exclusive dealing and resale price maintenance
• Mergers: mechanisms and analysis
• Enforcement remedies and defences.
More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.
Main Topics
• Competition policy, including history, objectives and current proposals for amendment
• Economic foundations including concepts of market, market power and competition
• Cartel conduct, including both criminal and civil liability and other non-criminal collusion provisions
• Misuse of market power
• Vertical conduct: exclusive dealing and resale price maintenance
• Mergers: mechanisms and analysis
• Enforcement remedies and defences.
More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.