Book Reviews

Published date01 December 1974
Date01 December 1974
DOIhttp://doi.org/10.1177/0003603X7401900414
Subject MatterBook Reviews
BOOK REVIEWS
887
Earl
W. Kintner,
An
Antitrust Primer, New York: The Mac-
millan Company (2d ed. 1973), 312 pp.,
$12.95.
The subject book is the second edition of a work which
appeared
in 1964 and is dedicated
"to
the perplexed business-
man-who
must always obey the law without always know-
ing
what
the law is."
It
might
just
as well have also been
dedicated to the "perplexed
lawyer-who
must advise his
client how to obey the law without always knowing
what
the
law
is-or
will be."
Traditionally, a
primer
has been a book
that
sets
forth
the basics of the subject
matter
being covered in a
manner
easily understood by the
reader
who generally has little
or
no formal knowledge of what is contained therein. The book
fulfills
its
obligation as a primer
for
those uninitiated in the
mystique of the
antitrust
laws, yet
at
the same time,
it
is so
skillfully organized
and
written
that
it
doubles as a valuable
source
and
guidebook to the lawyer as well, whether or
not
he
has
abackground in the world of
antitrust.
The book is logically oriented, with the first
three
chap-
ters
devoted to background materials dealing with the rise
of free competition, the genesis of government regulation of
free enterprise,
and
abrief, eleven-page overview of the
major
Acts, which attempts (through the rose-colored classes of a
former enforcer) to explain the whys
and
wherefores of
the
primary
antitrust
laws and their enforcement.
Subsequent chapters
are
arranged
by problem headings
such as
Price
Fixing, Boycotts and Refusals to Deal,
and
Limitations on the Resale Market, which makes
it
very
easy
for
the businessman
or
non-antitrust oriented lawyer to use
the book as a handy reference when
particular
problems or
questions arise. Most of the major problem areas
are
covered
in
the book,
and
in addition there
are
three
chapters
and
an
epilogue which contain the author's view on fraudulent adver-
tising, aproposed
plan
to ensure ethical advertising,
and
his

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