"Journal of Competition Law and Economics" from Oxford University Press.

Oxford University Press (OUP OUP (in Northern Ireland) Official Unionist Party ; Oxford, UK & Cary Car·y

A town of east-central North Carolina, an industrial suburb of Raleigh. Population: 98,000. , NC) has begun the publication of the "Journal of Competition Law and Economics" (JCLE), a new title focusing on competition law and policy, with a March issue. The journal will be published quarterly.

JCLE publishes articles that provide analysis of developments in competition law, including developments in the US and EU but also covering other regional and national developments. The journal also publishes economic papers relevant to legal theory and practice. The papers address economic issues from a non-technical viewpoint readily understandable by lawyers and policy-makers, OUP said. The new title is targeted to academics, practitioners (law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:^[1]

Clifford Chance, £1,030.2m – International law firm (headquartered in the UK);
Linklaters, £935.

, economic consultancies), graduate and post-graduate students, policy-makers, and competition authorities.

OUP said the journal's mission is to publish academic papers on the legal and economic aspects of competition policy, and because a growing number of countries have now adopted competition rules and established enforcement authorities, "this is an auspicious aus·pi·cious
adj.
1. Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious: an auspicious time to ask for a raise in salary. See Synonyms at favorable.

2. Marked by success; prosperous. time to create a new journal in this area. Competition law is in a period of rapid expansion and evolution."

OUP said "JCLE" is the first academic journal entirely devoted to competition law and economics and is designed to compete with the premier law reviews and economic journals for pieces of scholarship This article is about scholarship as a form of financial aid. For the practice and method of scholars, see scholarly method. For the international education program, see The Scholar Ship. devoted to competition.

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