Antitrust as a Multidisciplinary Field: Introduction and Overview of the Symposium. (December 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gundlach, Gregory T.
• Is Part Of: Antitrust bulletin. Volume 59:Number 4(2014)
• Page Start: 687
• Page End: 693
• Publication Date: 2014-12
• Subjects: Antitrust law -- United States -- Periodicals; Restraint of trade -- United States -- Periodicals; 343.73072105
• DOI: 10.1177/0003603X1405900401
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-603X

Abstract

The focus of antitrust is competition. For over a century, the mandate of antitrust has been to evaluate aggressive commercial conduct and then judge its purposes and effects to determine whether to permit or forbid such conduct as procompetitive or anticompetitive. In this capacity, like all law, antitrust has evolved over time, responding to new insights and understanding regarding competition and competitive conduct. This symposium in the Antitrust Bulletin, Antitrust as a Multidisciplinary Field, takes stock of this evolution by focusing on new insights from economics and existing insights from the business disciplines for shaping the intellectual foundations of antitrust.