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Book Reviews, Arthur D. Austin, John N. Hazard

Vanderbilt Law Review

The Case Against Oligopoly: A New Perspective--

Campaigns of corporate aggrandizement have always attracted a wide assortment of camp followers, with politicians and academics among the most persistent. To the politician, corporate size is a convenient and headline-provoking punching bag (and, during election time, a plentiful source of funding), while many a professor has established a reputation--and made money--by criticizing, extolling, or analyzing its various components. In a series of public hearings, the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly, with Dr. John Blair as chief economist, produced a subdued blend of both callings. Drawing heavily but not exclusively from the …

Accommodating The Law And Economics Of Price Cutting: The Vice Or Virtue Of Low Prices, Joel J. Finer

Vanderbilt Law Review

Although the interpretation and application of the federal antitrust laws are replete with paradoxes, inconsistencies, and seemingly conflicting premises, few situations illustrate the contradictory nature of federal policy toward industrial structure and business behavior as dramatically as the Justice Department's rejection of General Electric's proposed decree. For example, one primary objective of the Sherman Act is to prevent practices that tend to restrict output and raise prices, and price-fixing agreements are illegal per se because it is unreasonable to believe that they have any beneficial results. Many industries exhibit a high degree of concentration that enables a few firms to …

Recent Cases, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Law Review

Antitrust--Horizontal Territorial Restraint--Allocation of Territories Among Members of Cooperative Purchasing Association Is Per Se Violative of Section 1 of the Sherman Act

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Antitrust--Robinson--Patman Price Discrimination Act--Complaint Charging That Profits Derived from Interstate Sales Were Used To Underwrite Allegedly Discriminatory Intrastate Price-Cutting Practices States a Cause of Action Under Section 2(a)

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Bankruptcy--Corporate Reorganization-Trustee in Reorganization Lacks Standing To Sue Indenture Trustee on Behalf of Debenture Holders

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Constitutional Law--Commerce Clause--Exactions on Airport Users by Local Governments Measured by Number of Enplaning Passengers Are Constitutionally Valid

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Constitutional Law--Right to Speedy Trial--State-Imposed Five-Year Delay Does Not Abridge Right to Speedy …

Exports And Antitrust: Must Competition Stop At The Water's Edge?, Dudley H. Chapman

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

The ground rules governing competition in international trade rank high among current issues of economic policy. The President's pending Trade Bill and its companion bill on competitive practices place a new emphasis on issues of unfair competition. These issues were prominent during the early 1900's and the interwar years but have rested in abeyance through the long post-war transition. The economic predominance of the United States characterized the post-war period. Now that Europe and Japan are once again formidable competitors in the world marketplace, the rules governing competition on the international level have regained their prior importance. As may be …

Recent Decisions, Ronald L. Smallwood, Arden J. Lea, William R. Lauer, John R. Meldorf, Annette Adams, Randolph R. Slaton

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

ADMIRALTY--FLORIDA OIL POLLUTION ACT--STATE OIL POLLUTION REGULATION OF MARITIME Activities Is PERMISSIBLE SO LONG AS THERE Is No FATAL CONFLICT BETWEEN THE STATE LEGISLATION AND FEDERAL MARITIME REGULATORY SCHEMES

Ronald L. Smallwood

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ADMIRALTY--JONES ACT--SHIPOWNER Is NOT A PROPER DEFENDANT IN A SUIT UNDER THE JONES ACT BROUGHT BY EMPLOYEE OF A CONCESSIONAIRE

Arden J. Lea

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ANTITRUST--IMPORT RESTRICTIONS--DIVESTITURE ORDERED TO RESTORE COMPETITION FOLLOWING FINDING OF VIOLATION OF SECTION 7 OF THE CLAYTON ACT MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY IMPORT RESTRICTIONS WITHOUT BREACH OF GERMAN/AMERICAN TREATY OR GATT PROVISIONS

William R. Lauer

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FOREIGN RELATIONS LAW--STANDING TO SUE--WEIMAR ART COLLECTION DENIED …