German Legal Culture and the Globalization of Competition Law: A Historical Perspective on the Expansion of Private Antitrust Enforcement.

Focuses on the influence of German legal and economic history in the resistance of the country to the expansion of private antitrust enforcement. Implications of the resistance of Germany to the antitrust regulation; Emergence of an indigenous regulatory philosophy within the competition law of the nation; Perceptions regarding the assertions of sovereignty or territorial authority in international discourse regarding global competition regime.