Antitrust is a body of law and policy designed to promote economic competition by regulating monopolistic functions and this book is a philosophical study of concepts that lie at the foundation of antitrust law. Although there are many legal and economic books on the subject, it is unique in its philosophical scrutiny of basic concepts. The volume is primarily directed at students, theorists and practitioners of antitrust, but will also be useful to lawyers, economists, philosophers, political scientists and others who have an interest in the discipline.

Conceptual Foundations of Antitrust

Black, Oliver

Business

Cambridge University Press

Antitrust is a body of law and policy designed to promote economic competition by regulating monopolistic functions and this book is a philosophical study of concepts that lie at the foundation of antitrust law. Although there are many legal and economic books on the subject, it is unique in its philosophical scrutiny of basic concepts. The volume is primarily directed at students, theorists and practitioners of antitrust, but will also be useful to lawyers, economists, philosophers, political scientists and others who have an interest in the discipline.

Foreign & International Law

Combining rigorous philosophical analysis with a deep knowledge of law, this study of agreements illuminates legal doctrine by philosophical theory and vice versa. Against the prevailing philosophical view of agreements, the book argues that they are to be understood in terms not of promises but of offer and acceptance. Topics covered include the obligations associated with agreements; the practical reasoning that leads parties to make and perform agreements; the relation between agreement and intention; and the reasons the State has to intervene in agreements. There are also separate chapters devoted to doctrines of agreement in the laws of contract, competition and conspiracy.

Agreements: A Philosophical and Legal Study

Administrative Law

Oliver Black is a brilliant, acerbic humorist with David Sedaris's eye for absurdity and Jenny Lawson's knack of unlocking the hilarious side of anxiety and depression. Irreverent and sometimes shocking, Shrunk And Other Stories is a collection of achingly funny tales from the wilder shores of his frequently turbulent life. Covering, among other subjects, funeral arrangements, fad diets, funny pets, old age, and his encounters with the upper classes, this caustic memoir is a joy to read. A martyr to stress, Black casts a jaundiced eye over the woeful inadequacies of psychiatry and psychology as he seeks help in shoring up his tenuous grip on sanity from a series of hopeless therapists and peddlers of alternative medicine. As 'London's leading hypochondriac', he keeps a medical encyclopedia by his bed, has a Howard Hughes-scale fear of germs, and is on first-name terms with Vera, his long-suffering doctor. With unflinching honesty he catalogues his numerous complaints, ranging from aching testicles through tinnitus to, horrifyingly and unforgettably, worms. The fifty-something philosophy professor and former lawyer details his jaw-dropping adventures in the DIY funeral business, a trade to which his wife 'Fluffy' - rarely has a pet name seemed less appropriate - takes with unnerving enthusiasm. We learn about the delights and otherwise of driving a black taxi as a private car, and of the considerable talents of Black's cat, Maud (his deep love for Maud notwithstanding, he is troubled by fantasies of boiling her alive). Along the way, there are surreal meditations upon the possibility of autistic dogs, humming noises as preservers of life, and the anxiety occasioned by hiding one's underpants beneath the floorboards. This is a deliciously funny book by a major comic talent. 'Shrunk is hilarious and unsettling by turns. "Black humour" now has a new meaning.' - Giles Fraser, The Guardian 'Oliver Black's tales of a turbulent life are frank, fearless and extremely funny. Our readers have loved them.' - Niall Boyce, Editor, The Lancet Psychiatry 'If you can already imagine a cross between Mr Pooter, Alan Bennett and Diogenes, then fair enough. If not, you need this darkly hilarious book.' - Anthony Gottlieb, author of The Dream of Reason

Shrunk And Other Stories

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Prospero

The Commune

Literature & Fiction

Humor & Satire

Ashgrove Publishing

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