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A Review of the Literature on the Antitrust Laws of the United States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 February 2019

Terry Calvani
Terry Calvani*
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Vanderbilt University School of Law
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Abstract

The attempt by the United States government to preserve competition and its benefits has produced a succession of legislation, popularly known as the antitrust laws, which began with the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. This law prohibits combinations in restraint of trade and monopolization of trade. The Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 established a federal agency to enforce antitrust and outlawed “unfair” competition. The Clayton Act, passed in the same year and amended by the Robinson–Patman Act in 1936, forbids price discrimination, mergers, and other actions when judged destructive of competition.

These statutes have generated an enormous quantity of litigation and have stimulated a plethora of literature. The following article, written by an expert who teaches and writes in the. field of antitrust, describes the more important works on the subject which, taken together, could constitute a basic collection of antitrust literature for law libraries inside and outside the United Slates.

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International Journal of Law Libraries , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , March 1978 , pp. 15 - 25
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Copyright © International Association of Law Libraries 1978 

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References

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4 While all leading law reviews publish antitrust contributions, it should be noted that three journals are specifically devoted to antitrust scholarship: Antitrust Bulletin, Antitrust Law and Economic Review, and the Antitrust Law Journal. The first two are scholarly while the last is an American Bar Association publication that primarily carries the proceedings of the semiannual ABA antitrust meetings.Google Scholar

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