'This book is an outstanding work and a tour de force for everyone interested in competition policy and in business law and culture as well. When, in the wake of globalisation and of worldwide spill over of competition policy spurred by the International Competition Network, competition rules have expanded its role in East Asia, especially in China. It is fundamental to understand, as the authors rightly argue, that culture contributes to the shaping of its institutions. Reading this book is a major first step for understanding that reality and its far-reaching consequences.' Luís Silva Morais, Jean Monnet Professor of Law, University of Lisbon
1. Introduction; 2. Confucian Culture and Its Influence in East Asia; 3. Confucian Business Culture and Its Implications for Competition Law; 4. Confucian Corporate Culture and Competition Compliance; 5. Confucian Political-Bureaucratic Culture and Its Links with the Administrative Enforcement of Competition Law; 6. Confucian 'Litigation Culture' and the Under-development of Private Antitrust Enforcement; 7. East Asian Legal Culture and the Regional Response to the Criminalization of Cartel Conduct; 8. Conclusion.