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The Contemporary Antitrust Regulation Of Joint Ventures In The European Economic Community, Stephen O. Spinks
The Contemporary Antitrust Regulation Of Joint Ventures In The European Economic Community, Stephen O. Spinks
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
The joint venture is a form of organization widely used in international business. Although anticompetitive effects of mergers, interlocking directorates, and cartels are more frequently the targets of enforcement efforts under antitrust laws than joint ventures, the latter can be equally effective in reducing competition in the market place.
The legal status of joint ventures in various jurisdictions has remained a subject of some confusion possibly because of their hybrid nature--not quite cartels, yet not quite mergers. This confusion still exists to some extent in the United States, despite the fact that the Supreme Court has held that section 7 …
Commerce Department Regulations Governing Participation By United States Persons In Foreign Boycotts, Paul Mccarthy, John F. Mckenzie
Commerce Department Regulations Governing Participation By United States Persons In Foreign Boycotts, Paul Mccarthy, John F. Mckenzie
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
This article outlines the most important of the Regulations and highlights areas that are likely to give rise to major problems for firms that are engaged in trade or business with countries that participate in an international boycott not sanctioned by the United States. Differences between the proposed and final Regulations are discussed. The article will also examine the persons and transactions that are subject to the Export Administration Amendments Act of 1977 (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") and then discuss certain of the most significant prohibitions of the Act. Although much of the discussion in this article, like …
Presidential Emergency Powers Related To International Economic Transactions, Mary M.C. Bowman
Presidential Emergency Powers Related To International Economic Transactions, Mary M.C. Bowman
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
On December 28, 1977, President Carter signed into law Public Law 95-223, an act "[w]ith respect to the powers of the President in time of war or national emergency." The primary purpose of the Act is to revise the Trading With the Enemy Act of 1917 (TWEA), and thus to restrict presidential authority to respond to emergencies related to international economic transactions. The Act is the latest product of a continuing congressional effort to readjust the balance of power between the two branches of government. The War Powers Resolution and the National Emergencies Act were earlier pieces of legislation intended …