Regulating cartels in Europe

"The focus of this study is a critical evaluation of the way in which European-level regulation has evolved to deal with the problem of anti-competitive cartels. It traces the historical development of cartel regulation in Europe, comparing the pragmatic and empirical approach traditional in Europe with the more dogmatic and uncompromizing American policy on cartels, and asks whether fully fledged criminal proceedings (with attendant levels of legal safeguards) are the most appropriate approach to legal regulation."--BOOK JACKET.