Private Enforcement of Antitrust Law in the EU, UK and USA

Common Market Law Review 2001 ... Clifford Jones's net achievement is double: he places private enforcement of EC competition law in the more general context of effectiveness of Community law, and at the same time he succeeds in clearing many European misconceptions on the US system of private antitrust enforcement. ... this is an excellent and prescient book that should appeal not just to competition but also to general Community lawyers.

Claus-Dieter Ehlermann and Assimakis P. Komninos, Common Market Law Review, June 2001 an extremely timely book ... Jones's scholarly monograph provides extremely interesting insights ... Jones's lucid treatment of [the bipolar system: Community rights-national remedies] is extremely useful not just for EC competition law, but also for Community law in general ... Clifford-Jones's net achievement is double: he places private enforcement of EC competition law in the more general context of effectiveness of Community law, and at the same time he succeeds in clearing many European misconceptions on the US system of private antitrust enforcement. It would be hard to identify any weaknesses ... this is an excellent and prescient book that should appeal not just to competition but also to general Community lawyers.

Angus MacCulloch Modern Law Review, November 2000 ...detailed comparative work...Jones sets out to dispel a number of the myths and prejudices that surround private enforcement...and he has done this admirable.

Clifford A. Jones, Ph.D. (Cantab); is Visiting professor, University of Oklahoma; Member of the Bar, State of Oklahoma, State of Texas, and Supreme Court of the United States.

Preface by John Temple Lang; Table of Cases; Table of Treaties and Legislation; Introduction; 1. Introduction to comparative antitrust systems; 2. Antitrust enforcement in the US; 3. The EC System: The Treaty of Rome and Regulation 17; 4. The UK System: From administration to prohibition; 5. Foundations of private enforcement in the Community; 6. Remedy principles and the competition rules; 7. Aspects of private antitrust enforcement; 8. Enforcement pluralism in the Community system; 9. The Legal basis of private actions in the UK; 10. Community antitrust claims as a breach of statutory duty; 11. UK antitrust claims as a breach of statutory duty; 12. The Community (antitrust) remedy solution; 13. Prudential limitations on private actions; 14. Limits on permissible private plaintiffs in US law; 15. Special issues of standing and antitrust injury; 16. Limits on permissible private plaintiffs under EC law; 17. Antitrust damage principles in US law; 18. How damages are calculated in particular cases; 19. Damage principles in Community antitrust cases; 20. Conclusions: The labours of Sisyphus; Bibliography