The role of the public interest in competition law: a consideration of the public interest in merger control and exemptions in South Africa and how the public interest plays a more important role in the competition laws of South Africa and of developing nations
| dc.contributor.advisor | Davis, Dennis | |
| dc.contributor.author | Teagu, Ian Graeme | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-05-22T09:22:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-05-22T09:22:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2026-05-22T09:17:18Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper considers the role accorded to, and importance of, the public interest objectives of the South African Competition Act1 (the Act). The aim of this paper is not to critique these objectives or to consider what role these objectives have played in South African competition jurisprudence in the eleven years since the enactment of the Act, but to accept such objectives and specifically consider what effect has been given to them in the other provisions of the Competition Act that expressly deal with the public interest, 2 and to argue that the competition authorities should not be too eager to diminish the importance of these sections, but that the public interest should play an important role in the competition law of South Africa and other developing nations, and as such, that the South African competition authorities should recognise this. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Teagu, I. G. (2010). <i>The role of the public interest in competition law: a consideration of the public interest in merger control and exemptions in South Africa and how the public interest plays a more important role in the competition laws of South Africa and of developing nations</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Commercial Law. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43276 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Teagu, Ian Graeme. <i>"The role of the public interest in competition law: a consideration of the public interest in merger control and exemptions in South Africa and how the public interest plays a more important role in the competition laws of South Africa and of developing nations."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Commercial Law, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43276 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Teagu, I.G. 2010. The role of the public interest in competition law: a consideration of the public interest in merger control and exemptions in South Africa and how the public interest plays a more important role in the competition laws of South Africa and of developing nations. . University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Commercial Law. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43276 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Teagu, Ian Graeme AB - This paper considers the role accorded to, and importance of, the public interest objectives of the South African Competition Act1 (the Act). The aim of this paper is not to critique these objectives or to consider what role these objectives have played in South African competition jurisprudence in the eleven years since the enactment of the Act, but to accept such objectives and specifically consider what effect has been given to them in the other provisions of the Competition Act that expressly deal with the public interest, 2 and to argue that the competition authorities should not be too eager to diminish the importance of these sections, but that the public interest should play an important role in the competition law of South Africa and other developing nations, and as such, that the South African competition authorities should recognise this. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Competition Act KW - South Africa LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - The role of the public interest in competition law: a consideration of the public interest in merger control and exemptions in South Africa and how the public interest plays a more important role in the competition laws of South Africa and of developing nations TI - The role of the public interest in competition law: a consideration of the public interest in merger control and exemptions in South Africa and how the public interest plays a more important role in the competition laws of South Africa and of developing nations UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43276 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43276 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Teagu IG. The role of the public interest in competition law: a consideration of the public interest in merger control and exemptions in South Africa and how the public interest plays a more important role in the competition laws of South Africa and of developing nations. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Commercial Law, 2010 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43276 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Commercial Law | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Law | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.subject | Competition Act | |
| dc.subject | South Africa | |
| dc.title | The role of the public interest in competition law: a consideration of the public interest in merger control and exemptions in South Africa and how the public interest plays a more important role in the competition laws of South Africa and of developing nations | |
| dc.type | Thesis / Dissertation | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | LLM |