Book Review.

The key thesis of this book is that competition law and policy in Europe would benefit from more diversity. Insofar as reasonable disagreement is endogenous in competition law, disagreement on what Townley calls the "methods" of competition law (ie its content) could not be solved by increased freedom for Member States and NCAs. However, a broader discussion of the ECJ's case law on equivalence and effectiveness - beyond EU competition law - would show how I VEBIC i and I Schenker i are not merely a 'departure of the normal equivalence and effective enforcement rules',[35] and room for procedural diversity has become more limited by the established case law of the last 20 years. For instance, the book refers to the obligation of the EU to respect national identity in Article 4(2) TEU in order to support the case for diversity.[39] Relevant case law on Article 4(2) TEU is limited, however, and pertains to entirely different considerations than those at stake in EU competition law. [Extracted from the article]