Centre for Law, Economics and Society

The Centre for Law, Economics and Society (CLES) is UCL Faculty of Law’s Centre dedicated to the study of competition law and policy and economic regulation. It promotes the study of regulatory action in all its forms (State, non-State, all forms of collective action), from a trans-disciplinary perspective, in particular drawing on law, economics, sociology, political science and complexity science. We firmly believe that law can address some of the pressing issues of our time and can generate a more just and sustainable society.

BRICS group shot

BRICS group shot

Cost-benefit analysis in the US regulatory system - May 2015

Renata Hesse Event 9 December 2014

Cost-benefit analysis in the US regulatory system - May 2015

BRICS workshop Cape Town 2015

Digital Capitalism Workshop China April 2019

Digital Capitalism Workshop China April 2019

Digital Capitalism Workshop China April 2019

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The UCL Centre for Law, Economics and Society is part of the UCL Faculty of Laws.
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Recent publications

Academic “capture”? The Hidden Costs of Corporate Funding in Competition Policy Research and Proposed Remedies Ioannis Lianos
Synthetic Futures and Competition Law: Towards the Emergence of Precautionary Principle-Minded Approaches Ioannis Lianos
Access to Health Data: Competition and Regulatory Alternatives - Three Dimensions of Fairness Ioannis Lianos
Global Value Chains, Competition Law and Sustainability: Insights from the Cotton Global Value Chain Ioannis Lianos & Azza Raslan
A Law and Political Economy Approach to Ecosystems and Competition Law Ioannis Lianos
Causation and Private Enforcement of Competition Law Ioannis Lianos & Claudio Lombardi
Minding Competition in Complex Adaptive Social Systems: The Sociological Approach to Competition Law Ioannis Lianos
Towards a Legal Theory of Digital Ecosystems Ioannis Lianos, Klaas Hendrik Eller & Tobias Kleinschmitt
Advantages and Disadvantages of Competition Policy Standards Ioannis Lianos and Chrysovalantou Milliou
Regulating Fintech and BigTech: Reconciling the Objectives of Financial Regulation and Promoting Competition Iris H-Y Chiu and Despoina Mantzari
Formalism in Competition Law Justin Lindeboom
Competition Law, Big Tech and Financialisation: The Dark Side of the Moon Ioannis Lianos and Andrew McLean
Power Imbalances in Online Marketplaces: At the Crossroads of Competition Law and Regulation Despoina Mantzari
Economic Power and New Business Models in Competition Law and Economics: Ontology and New Metrics Ioannis Lianos and Bruno Carballa
The EU, Competition and Workers' Rights Nicola Countouris, Valerio De Stefano & Ioannis Lianos
Ecosystems and Competition Law in Theory and Practice Michael Jacobides and Ioannis Lianos
The Paradox of Regulatory Discretion Despoina Mantzari and Francesca Pia Vantaggiato
Squaring the Circle: The Court of Justice, Monetary Policy, and the End of Rational Legal Reasoning Carsten Gerner-Beuerle and Esin Küçük
A Financial Capitalism Perspective on Start-up Acquisitions: Introducing the Economic Goodwill Threshold Test Andrew McLean

For more working papers, please visit the CLES Research Paper Series and CLES Policy Papers sections on this website

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