OROMIA STATE UNIVERSITY

LL.M In Commercial and Investment Law (2nd year 1st semester 2014 AY)

Competition and Consumer Protection (MCIL 623)

Assignment :I

Term of reference: Presentation shall take place next week. Work on your
respective question. No written document shall be submitted. Assessment will be
based solely on your presentation (Ability to identify the legal problem, elaborated
answer and delivery). Presentation shall be held in English language.

NO Questions
1 Critically review compatibility of competition policy with public polices in Ethiopia
2 Examine the types of market failure and tools used to fix market failure under Proc.no
813/2013
3 Expound on the design of rule of reason and per-se approaches under Proc. No
813/2013
4 Compare Ethiopia’s competition law with the early years of East Asian Economies
5 Examine the enforcement framework of Competition and consumer protection in the
federal state structures of Ethiopia
6 Examine the place of cooperation and competition in Ethiopia’s competition law
7 Critically examine the scope of Ethiopia’s competition law
8 Examine the methods used to assess market dominance in Ethiopia
9 Explain the instruments to analyze excessive price as abuse of dominance in Ethiopia.
10 Examine the techniques used to analyze product tie-in as abuse of dominance. Is their
legitimate product tying which are not taken as abuse of dominance?
11 Examine the methods used to formulate price discrimination as abuse of dominance.
Are their legitimate price discriminations that are not considered as abuse of
dominance in Ethiopia?
12 Critically review the Ethiopian law on refusal to deal as restrictive business practice.
Are their refusals that are not deemed as restrictive in nature?
13 How the Ethiopian law dealt with raising the cost of rival as abuse of dominance?
14 Evaluate energy proclamation of Ethiopia with respect to regulation of natural
monopoly segments of the industry.
15 Evaluate the communication proclamation of Ethiopia with respect to regulating
access to essential facilities to competing telecom operators. How do you evaluate
this from the perspectives of abuse of dominance under Competition law regime?
16 Critically review the Ethiopia law on vertical restraint with respect to abuse of
dominance. Do you see potentially pro-competitive vertical restrain measures?
17 Critically review the compatibility of Ethiopia’s investment law with Competition
 policies.
18 What is the place of market definition under Ethiopia’s competition law? Examine
how the Ethiopia law addressed product market and geographic markets
19 Critically review the methods of proving price fixing horizontal agreement in Ethiopia.
20 Compare and contrast regulatory law and competition law as instrument of
government intervention in business.
21 Comment the available civil remedies for commission of acts of abuse of dominance.
22 Evaluate the potential for Art. 5(2)a to harm competition among firms.
23 Critically review the Methods of Assessment of market share in Ethiopia.
24 Evaluate the circumstances an act could be exempted from the application of the rule
of Abuse of dominance under Art. 5(2)e-h in Ethiopia despite its apparent nature.
25 Critically review the remedies for abuse of dominance under Ethiopian law
26 Critically Examine the remedy for anti –competitive horizontal agreement under
Ethiopia law
27 Critically examine the relevance of rule of reason and per se approach for horizontal
agreements under Ethiopia law.
28 Illustrate the potential pro competition gains or desirable effects from vertical
agreements between downstream and upstream firms. How do you evaluate
Ethiopia’s law in this regard?
29 Illustrate the potential anti-competitive effects of vertical agreements between
upstream and downstream firms. How do you evaluate Ethiopia’s law in this regard?
30 Evaluate the interaction between barriers of entry and abuse of dominance under
Ethiopia law
31 Critically evaluate the remedies for merger cases in Ethiopia.
32 Examine how the Ethiopia law dealt with vertical and horizontal merger.
33 Examine critically Ethiopian laws with respect to the prior notification requirement.
34 Illustrate practical cases where merger cases were dealt in Ethiopia
35 Critically evaluate remedies for merged firms in Ethiopia in light of international
practices.
36 Examine critically the essential requirements for merger regulation under Ethiopia
law.
37 Examine the application of rule of reason in Merger case in Ethiopia.
38 Compare and contrast remedies under Law of contract and Consumer Protection law
of Ethiopia.
39 Elaborate consumer protection under Ethiopia tort law
40 Illustrate consumer protection under Ethiopia contract law
41 Compare and contrast the application of rule of reason and per se approach for
horizontal and vertical agreement.
42 Elaborate the interface between market structure and regulation of merger.
43 Examine demerits of private law remedies for consumer protection.
44 Critically evaluate the remedies for illegal horizontal agreement in Ethiopia
45 Illustrate the remedies for violation of consumer protection law
46 Elaborate the concept of market failure rationale for consumer protection legislation.
47 Elaborate the rules of proving illegal horizontal and vertical agreement in Ethiopia.