In Law in a Market Context Robin Paul Malloy examines the way in which people, as social beings, experience the intersection of law, markets, and culture. Through case examples, illustrative fact patterns, and problems based on hypothetical situations he demonstrates the implications and the ambiguities of law in a market society. In his analysis he provides a complete and accessible introduction to a vast array of economic terms, concepts, and ideas--making this book a valuable primer for anyone interested in understanding the use of market concepts in legal reasoning.

Examines way in which people, as social beings, experience the intersection of law, markets, and culture.

'Company Law in Context' is an ideal main text for company law courses. David Kershaw places company law in its economic, business, and social context, making more accessible and relevant the cases, statutes, and other forms of regulation. A running case study provides a practical perspective.

Marketing Law covers Australian and applicable international laws applying to manufacturing, packaging, labelling, advertising, promotion, pricing and the sale of goods and services. The authors outline the applicable legal principles and legislation, and cover the extensive case law, with extracts of critical cases.There are 12 chapters: The Expression of Ideas - Copyright, Branding, Designs and Inventions, Consumer Protection, Defamation, Confidential Information, Unfair Selling Practices, Product Liability, Arrangements Restricting Competition, Exclusive Dealing, Misuse of Market Power, and Insurance.Topics covered include:statutory frameworks applying to copyright, designs, trade marks and patents; the common law tort of passing off applying to unfair selling practices; confidential information; potential defamatory liability; legislation in relation to product quality and liability; trade practices laws and the responsibilities of marketers; restrictive trade practices, with specific emphasis on the prohibitions on arrangements restricting competition, exclusive dealing and misuse of market power.

In this article I discuss the idea of understanding law in a market context. This is not a law and economics piece. It is written for people interested in jurisprudence; law, culture and humanities; and law and society. It is about understanding the way in which people experience the intersection of law, markets, and culture. And it acknowledges that people experience this intersection in ways that vary by such characteristics as race, gender, age, education, class, and geographic location. Consequently, we must account for these variations in seeking to understand law in a market context. Using cultural-interpretation theory, grounded in the work of Charles Sanders Peirce, the piece explores the ambiguity of economic terms and concepts as used in legal reasoning. It explains economic analysis as an interpretive process, and argues that the use of economics in law is subjective and strategic. The article forms a starting point for a forthcoming book that extends the themes and ideas of the piece, and provides a full primer on using economic concepts in legal reasoning. (Robin Paul Malloy, Law in a Market Context: An Introduction to Market Concepts in Legal Reasoning, forthcoming in Dec. 2003 from Cambridge University Press).

Monti explores the development of EC competition law through an interdisciplinary approach, focusing on the political and economic considerations that affect the way the rules are interpreted. Written with competition law students in mind, it should also be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students of EU politics and economics.

This innovative textbook, now in its second edition, presents EU competition law in political, economic and comparative context. It brings competition law to life from an EU and global perspective, with cross currents of trade and industrial policy and attention to the intervention of the state in the market. Quintessentially readable, the book deftly and concisely excerpts the key cases and embeds them in explanatory materials, including policy statements and regulations. It is entirely up to date and integrates, for example, new issues of power in the digital economy. Notes accompanying the cases raise hard questions and explain the fascinating issues underlying contemporary competition policy in the European Union and around the world.