Investigation On The History Of Enterprises Merger Control In US Anti-trust

The paper makes a research on the control system of the merger and acquisition of the enterprises in American, mainly focusing on the theories and practices of the system of the merger and acquisition of the enterprises as well as its recent development. And further more, the paper summarizes some experience in the process of the merger and acquisition of the enterprises in America, so as to make some contributions to the construction of the merger and acquisition of the enterprises in China.Emphasis has been put on the legislative process, the theory schools and enforcement practice of enterprise merger and acquisition system in America. Case analysis is placed importance on.The dissertation adopts the method of legal analysis, economic analysis, dialectical analysis and the case analysis as well as the comparative study. It is made up of three sections.The first section clarifies the basic theory of the merger and acquisition and reviews monopoly, contest and market economy from the viewpoints of economics and law.The second section probes into the occurrence and early evolution of the merger and acquisition control of American enterprises. Beginning with the colony economy, retrospects the development of economy and society to trace the early process of US antitrust laws. Through cases comparatively analyzes the Per se illegality rule and reason rule.The third section focuses on the new development of the merger and acquisition control of American enterprises in the postwarII years. Basing on the industry organization theory, traces the change of economy and analyzes the key cases to describe the change of policies and practices and reveal the tendency in some way.