This course will provide students with an overview of Canadian competition law - a body of law that has as its focus the creation and maintenance of competitive markets. Beginning with a discussion of what competition law is and a survey of its common law origins, students will then be provided with a background into the basic economic principles underlying competition law before turning to review the main statutory source of competition law - the federal Competition Act. In the context of reviewing the Act, students will learn not only what types of conduct the Act proscribes but also how to use basic economic principles and business insights to analyse complex legal problems involving mergers, conspiracies, monopolistic practices, and deceptive marketing practices. This course is not meant to be an exercise in statutory memorization or abstract theory. To this end, we will be focusing on practical real-world application of the Act. On completion of this course, students should be familiar with key provisions of the Act and have a general sense of how to identify and analyse some of the more prominent competition law issues that arise in day-to-day business activity.
This course will provide students with an overview of Canadian competition law - a body of law that has as its focus the creation and maintenance of competitive markets. Beginning with a discussion of what competition law is and a survey of its common law origins, students will then be provided with a background into the basic economic principles underlying competition law before turning to review the main statutory source of competition law - the federal Competition Act. In the context of reviewing the Act, students will learn not only what types of conduct the Act proscribes but also how to use basic economic principles and business insights to analyse complex legal problems involving mergers, conspiracies, monopolistic practices, and deceptive marketing practices. This course is not meant to be an exercise in statutory memorization or abstract theory. To this end, we will be focusing on practical real-world application of the Act. On completion of this course, students should be familiar with key provisions of the Act and have a general sense of how to identify and analyse some of the more prominent competition law issues that arise in day-to-day business activity.
