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Examines the definition of agreement under the Sherman Act in the U.S. focusing on the provisions relating to conscious parallelism and refusals to deal in trade and commerce. Antitrust and illegality issues; Existence of an agreement to restrain trade; Desirability of an inclusive concept of agreement; Antitrust law. OF AMERICANS

Discusses the competitive amendment in the antitrust law under the Robinson-Patman Act. Section 2(a) of the Clayton Act as amended by the Robinson-Patman Act; Problems of interpretation; Social benefits of profit-maximizing discrimination; Second Circuit's ruling that a price reduction by the American Tobacco Co. in Puerto Rico was a violation of the law.

Focuses on the extra territorial application of the antitrust laws. Details of the "United States V. Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.," an antitrust suit brought against Du Pont; View of the foreign elements involved in particular activities; Contention of the advocates of a strict territorial concept of international law that the antitrust statutes should be construed as applicable only to those violations occurring within the United States.

The article reports on the constitutionality of the Sherman anti-trust act of 1890. The decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of the Trans-Missouri Traffic Association for the first time authoritatively declares the intended scope of the provisions of the so called Anti-Trust Act of 1890. In view of such interpretation of the statute, it is now the legal presumption that it was the intention of Congress to prohibit and render criminal every contract in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States or with foreign nations.

Examines the notion of monopoly under the Anti-Trust Act, passed by the United States Congress on July 2, 1890. Interpretation of the statute in the light of the common law; Definition of a monopoly; Engrossing; Results of leading decisions regarding monopoly; Indefinite increase of business; Fixing of arbitrary prices; Agreement not to trade with any one who trades with others than the convenantors.

Presents the ruling on the case Paramount Pictures Inc. versus Langer which deals with restraint of trade and antitrust law. Facts of the case; Arguments of the parties to the case; Citation of related cases.