Foer, Albert A. --- "The Role of Non-governmental Organizations in the Development of Competition Law" [2011] ELECD 757; in Drexl, Josef; Grimes, S. Warren; Jones, A. Clifford; Peritz, J.R. Rudolph; Swaine, T. Edward (eds), "More Common Ground for International Competition Law?" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011)

Book Title: More Common Ground for International Competition Law?

Editor(s): Drexl, Josef; Grimes, S. Warren; Jones, A. Clifford; Peritz, J.R. Rudolph; Swaine, T. Edward

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781849803946

Section: Chapter 17

Section Title: The Role of Non-governmental Organizations in the Development of Competition Law

Author(s): Foer, Albert A.

Number of pages: 16

Extract:

17. The role of non-governmental
organizations in the development
of competition law
Albert A. Foer

1 BACKGROUND

An earlier version of this chapter was originally published as an American
Antitrust Institute (AAI) working paper,1 elaborating on the desir-
ability of creating an international network of competition advocacy
non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and explicating the model of
the AAI as one type of independent, non-profit competition advocacy
organization, offering suggestions to others yet to be formed, and rec-
ognizing that what works in the United States will not necessarily be
appropriate in other nations. The first part describes the AAI model. The
second discusses the need for competition advocacy NGOs worldwide. A
third section poses foreseeable questions and offers some responses. And
the final section describes the AAI's efforts to reach out to NGOs in other
nations to foster their growth. An edited version of this was published
in the Boletín Latinoamericano de Competencia.2 Modifications were
made for presentation to ASCOLA's fourth conference held at George
Washington University Law School, June 16 and 17, 2009.
The above brief history of the chapter provides in itself an example
of how a competition advocacy NGO, in this case the AAI, can par-
ticipate in the development of competition law and policy through the


1 AA Foer, `AAI Working Paper No. 08-04, International Consumer

Advocacy for Competition Policy: Learning from the AAI Model', AAI Working
Paper No 08-04 (2008), retrievable at: http://www.antitrustinstitute.org/ ...