Competition law Enforcement in the Brics and in Developing Countries: Legal and Economic Aspects

• Author: N. Mosunova
• Position: University of East Anglia (Norwich, UK)
• Pages: 156-159

BRICS LAW JOURNAL Volume IV (2017) Issue 2

BOOK REVIEW NOTES

CoMPETITIon Law EnFoRCEMEnT In THE BRICS

anD In DEVELoPInG CounTRIES: LEGaL anD EConoMIC aSPECTS*

NATALYA MOSUNOVA,

University of East Anglia (Norwich, UK)

DOI: 10.21684/2412-2343-2017-4-2-156-159

Recommended citation: Natalya Mosunova, Competition Law Enforcement in the

BRICS and in Developing Countries: Legal and Economic Aspects, 4(2) BRICS Law Journal

156–159 (2017).

It is undeniable that the issues surrounding enforcement of competition law

in the BRICS countries are receiving considerable attention from competition law

scholars considering the scale of the economies of the BRICS countries and the fact

that very little has been said on either the policies or the problems of enforcement

in these jurisdictions. The book “Competition Law Enforcement in the BRICS and in

Developing Countries: Legal and Economic Aspects” edited by Frederic Jenny and

Yannis Katsoulacos is a timely contribution to the debates on competition policy,

the enforcement of the relatively new competition laws, the role and application

of economic analysis in law enforcement procedures and other factors of policy-

making in the named jurisdictions.

The book should, however, be read critically as the papers are based on

presentations at the 2014 and 2015 CRESSE conferences and present original

research, rather than being just review papers.

The editors divide the chapters into two main categories. The rst category covers

a variety of enforcement issues while the second one examines specically the role

of economic analysis and evidence in competition law enforcement. The papers in

* Reviewed book: Competition Law Enforcement in the BRICS and in Developing Countries: Legal and

Economic Aspects (F. Jenny & Y. Katsoulacos (eds.), Cham: Springer, 2016).