Agriculture, Sustainability and Competition Law

Policy Paradigms and Their Legal Implications

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

AvMartin Milán Csirszki,Martin Milan Csirszki,Martin Milán

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Through a detailed law-and-policy analysis, this book investigates competition law and policy in relation to agricultural producers, examining the topic in light of both the neoliberal agricultural policy and food sovereignty paradigms, with a focus on their differing approaches to competition and sustainability.This book addresses the increasing pressures faced by agricultural producers, stemming from two major developments: the shift towards neoliberal economic policies in agri-food markets, and the growing recognition of the agricultural sector’s role in environmental degradation due to unsustainable practices. These developments have provoked protests from farmers and prompted critical questions about how different agricultural and competition policy theories navigate the complex relationship between competition, agriculture and sustainability. By conceptualising the connections between each topic, the book comprehensively analyses their interdependence. While competition law experts frequently overlook the realities of the agricultural sector, agricultural scholars may not fully grasp the objectives of competition law. By bridging these divides, the book provides an integrated understanding of competition and agricultural policy, also with a particular focus on sustainability.This book will be of interest to researchers in the field of agricultural law and policy, and competition law and policy, as well as those interested in sustainability.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2025-04-22
Mått156 x 234 x 20 mm
Vikt700 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Research in Competition Law
Antal sidor278
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781032990873

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Martin Milán Csirszki serves as Head of Unit at the Hungarian Competition Authority. Before joining the national competition agency, he worked as a researcher at the Ferenc Mádl Institute of Comparative Law. Besides his enforcement work, he is Adjunct Lecturer at the Budapest-based Ludovika University of Public Service, where he teaches courses on competition law and compliance. He completed his legal and PhD studies at the University of Miskolc, Hungary.

PART I: Introduction1. Starting point2. Methodology3. Structure4. Delimitation 5. Doctrinal fundamentalsPART II: The Clash Between Agricultural and Competition Policy6. The agricultural sector from the viewpoint of competition policy7. Competition from the viewpoint of agricultural policy8. The winner of the clashPART III: Sustainability in Agricultural and Competition Policy9. Some clarifications on sustainability and sustainable development10. Sustainability in agricultural policy11. Sustainability in competition policyPART IV: Competition Rules Applying to Agri-Food Markets and to Sustainability Agreements of Agri-Food Market Players12. Antitrust and the agricultural sector13. Antitrust, sustainability and the agricultural sector14. Beyond antitrust15. Comparison between EU and US lawPART V: Agricultural Policy Paradigms on Competition and Sustainability16. The prevailing neoliberal paradigm17. Food sovereignty as the contesting paradigm18. The compatibility of agricultural policy paradigms with competition policy schools of thought19. Agriculture from an ordoliberal viewpointPART VI: Finale20. General conclusions21. Conceptualising food sovereignty with ordoliberalism22. Regulating competition in light of the food sovereignty paradigm

In an area of vivid interaction between the EU and the national and regional levels, Martin Milán Csirszki provides a sharp analysis of the sustainability goal in the interface between agricultural law and competition law. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in EU and comparative economic law.Bert Keirsbilck, Professor, KU Leuven, BelgiumCsirszki’s highly reflective, comparative, and comprehensive study on agricultural and competition policy objectives in a sustainable development setting is worth reading. Challenging a ‘more-economic approach’, this book suggests a novel food sovereignty-based take on agri-food cases and markets where agricultural objectives inform the application of antitrust law. Agriculture, Sustainability and Competition Law: Policy Paradigms and Their Legal Implications will inform the sustainable agriculture regulatory policy debate for years to come.Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui, Professor, University of Bergen, Norway