Class of 2007
Marcie McConville
Cater Society of Junior Fellows Research
My name is Marcie McConville and I am a business management and economics majors. I studied European Union Competition Law in the Netherlands over the summer. Compared to my studies in U.S. law, I noticed some major differences between the two. The U.S. has a very different history than the E.U. so our competition law protects consumers while the E.U.'s law protects small businesses.
Also, the definition of 'market' varies between the two; the U.S. sees the market as broaoder, using demographics, geography, and other characteristics to define it. The E.U. on the other hand, tends to view the market as segmented into member states like France or Spain. Thanks to the Cater Society of Junior Fellows, I was able to attend this international course in Leiden.