Language and Law : The Role of Language and Translation in EU Competition Law

The book provides an overview of EU competition law with a focus on the main developments in Italy, Spain, Greece, Poland and Croatia and offers an in-depth analysis of the role of language, translation and multilingualism in its implementation and interpretation. The first part of the book focuses on the main developments in EU competition law in action, which includes legislation, case law and praxis. This part can be divided into two subparts: the private enforcement of EU competition law, and the cooperation among enforcers, i.e. the EU Commission, the national competition authorities and the national courts. Language is of paramount importance in the enforcement of EU competition law, and as such, the second part highlights legal linguistic skills, showcasing the advantages and the challenges of multilingualism, especially in the context of the predominant use of English as the EU drafting and vehicular language. The volume brings together contributions prepared and presented as part of the EU-funded research project “Training Action for Legal Practitioners: Linguistic Skills and Translation in EU Competition Law". Front Matter ....Pages i-vi Introduction: The Role of the Language in EU Law (Silvia Marino)....Pages 1-6 Front Matter ....Pages 7-7 On Economic Rationale of Competition Policy (Flavia Cortelezzi)....Pages 9-25 An Overview of the Recent Application of EU and National Competition Law by the Italian Competition Authority (Paolo Caprile)....Pages 27-38 The CJEU Case Law After Preliminary Ruling on Behalf of Private Enforcement of EU Competition Law (Mar Jimeno-Bulnes)....Pages 39-67 The Direct Effect of EU Competition Law: From Regulation No 1/2003 to Directive 2014/104/EU (Marina San Martín-Calvo)....Pages 69-86 Jurisdiction and Applicable Law in Follow-on Actions (Paolo Bertoli)....Pages 87-101 Contemporary Trends in International Law in Relation to the Protection of Individuals from Multinationals’ Malpractice: Greek Competition Law After the Implementation of EU Directive 2014/104 (Sotirios S. Livas)....Pages 103-113 EU Competition Law in the Aftermath of Directive 2014/14 and Its Implementation in the Republic of Croatia (Ana Pošćić)....Pages 115-131 EU Competition Law After Directive 2014/104/EU and Its Implementation in Italy (Silvia Marino)....Pages 133-160 Front Matter ....Pages 161-161 Legal Languages in Contact: EU Legislative Drafting and Its Consequences for Judicial Interpretation (Agnieszka Doczekalska)....Pages 163-178 Language and Translation in EU Competition Law: Insights from English, Greek, Italian and Spanish Versions of Legislative Texts (Vilelmini Sosoni)....Pages 179-205 A Mutual Learning Exercise in Terminology and Multilingual Law (Martina Bajčić, Adrijana Martinović)....Pages 207-223 Binomials in EU Competition Law (Katja Dobrić Basaneže)....Pages 225-248 Collocations of Terms in EU Competition Law: A Corpus Analysis of EU English Collocations (Łucja Biel, Agnieszka Biernacka, Anna Jopek-Bosiacka)....Pages 249-274 The Glossary of EU English Competition Collocations and Terms (Łucja Biel, Agnieszka Biernacka, Anna Jopek-Bosiacka)....Pages 275-324 Phraseological Profile of Judgments: Complex Prepositions in EU Competition Law Judgments (Dariusz Koźbiał)....Pages 325-357 Plain English and the EU: Still Trying to Fight the Fog? (Arianna Grasso)....Pages 359-376