Moderating Antitrust Subject Matter Jurisdiction: The Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act and the Restatement of Foreign Relations Law (Revised)

Authors

Daniel T. Murphy, University of RichmondFollow

Abstract

Within the last several years two approaches have been taken to tempering the extraterritorial application of the United States antitrust laws. In October 1982 the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act of 1982 (the "FTAIA") was signed into law. In addition, for the past four years the American Law Institute has been engaged in an effort to revise thoroughly the Restatement of Foreign Relations Law of the United States. It is expected that this effort will culminate in May 1986 with the promulgation of the Restatement of Foreign Relations Law of the United States (Revised) (the "Restatement (Revised)"). These two efforts take different, and in certain respects inconsistent, positions on the sensitive matter of antitrust jurisdiction. The purpose of this article is to analyze these efforts and to show some of their common points and differences.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1986

Recommended Citation

Daniel T. Murphy, Moderating Antitrust Subject Matter Jurisdiction: The Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act and the Restatement of Foreign Relations Law (Revised), 54 U. Cin. L. Rev. 779 (1986)