Antitrust   [Archived Catalog]
School of Law 2013-2014 Academic Catalog
   

LAW 720 - Antitrust

Credits, 3 sem. hrs.
The law and economics of cartels and exclusionary business practices. The course focuses on sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act and sections 3 and 7 of the Clayton Act. The practices considered include price-fixing, territorial allocation schemes, mergers, monopolization, boycotts, tying arrangements, and vertical integration. Students are expected to master some elementary methods of economic analysis, but no background in economics is required.