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The concept of sustainability in eu competition law: A legal realist perspective

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Oles Andriychuk

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© 2021, University of Warsaw. All rights reserved.This article explores the role of sustainability in EU competition law from the perspective of the theory of legal realism. It addresses the issue by analysing three interrelated themes. It first outlines the main normative and methodological arguments of the protagonists and the opponents of a more societally engaged account of competition policy. Such an account pleads for a more permissive interpretation of competition rules. Secondly, it develops an account of competition law, basing on the premises of the legal realist tradition, adjusting legal realism to the needs and specificities of our field and our time, and submitting that this legal philosophical theory is well-suited for capturing the present discussion. Finally, it projects this jurisprudential theory of legal realism to an applied dimension, offering an outline of the central theoretical issue of a more societally inclusive EU competition policy: the issue of balancing incommensurable values.

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Author(s): Andriychuk O

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

Year: 2021

Volume: 14

Issue: 23

Pages: 11-37

Online publication date: 01/12/2021

Acceptance date: 26/04/2021

ISSN (print): 1689-9024

ISSN (electronic): 2545-0115

Publisher: University of Warsaw

URL: https://doi.org/10.7172/1689-9024.YARS.2021.14.23.1

DOI: 10.7172/1689-9024.YARS.2021.14.23.1

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