TFL Vsebine / Revija Pravnik

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V prispevku avtor prikaže razvoj ameriškega konkurenčnega prava in politike. Predvsem skozi prizmo nastanka in interpretativnega razvoja Shermanovega zakona poskuša pokazati na izhodiščne zgodovinske cilje, ki jih je zasledovala prva moderna kodifikacija konkurenčnega prava. Po avtorjevem mnenju gre za cilja razpršitve velikih koncentracij ekonomske moči in preprečitev vpliva kapitala na demokratične procese v družbi. Opozarja, da je treba tudi današnji regulatorni pravni okvir napolnjevati prav z izvornimi idejami snovalcev ameriškega antitrusta, ki so po svoji naravi nedvomno bliže ustavnopravni materiji kot ekonomiji in so zato lahko tudi še danes pomemben temelj pri varovanju demokratičnih idealov.

The article portrays the development of the US antitrust law and policy. Through the scope of the interpretative development of the Sherman Act, the author aims at defining the original historical goals of the world’s first modern codification of competition law. In his view, the main goals of the Sherman Act were thus the dispersion of concentrations of economic power and the prevention of their disastrous influence on the democratic processes in the society. The author underscores that, in his opinion, the modern regulatory framework of competition law should be interpreted through the scope of the original ideas of the founders of American antitrust as they can still stand as an important cornerstone in the process of protection of the democratic ideals in the society.

On the History and Development of the Sherman Act