Incomplete Federalism: Jurisdiction over Antitrust Matters in the European Economic Community

Jurisdiction in B2C E-Commerce Redress in the European Community

E-commerce jurisdiction always has been an issue, because e-commerce exists in a borderless environment, and this e-environment diminishes the importance of physical location and locality. This imposes a great concern over which country’s jurisdiction to engage when disputes occur between business and consumer in the e-environment. This is crucial when the consumer is seeking redress, as there ...

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC REVIEW Networks and compatibility: Implications for antitrust

In this paper we draw crucial parallels between the concepts of compatibility and networks and the more traditional concepts of complementarity and vertical relationships. We also develop the important distinctions between ‘two-way networks’ and ‘one-way networks’. We then apply our framework to a number of current antitrust issues.

Jurisdiction over E Commerce

Expansion of business onto the Internet crosses national borders and creates uncertainty as to the propriety of jurisdiction by the courts of nations and their internal political units. Analysis of jurisdiction in United States law reveals that traditional rules provide guidance for resolving the question of constitutional jurisdiction in cases that cross geopolitical lines.

Steel and the European Economic Community

International Jurisdiction over E-Consumer Contracts in the European Union: Quid Novi Sub Sole?

344 1 Researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Law & Information Technology (ICRI) of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) (www.law.kuleuven.ac.be/icri) and Attorney at Law at the Brussels Bar at the Information Technology Law Department of the law firm Stibbe (www.stibbe.com). Contact address: Interdisciplinary Centre for Law & Information Technology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuv...