Contents:Introduction to the research handbook on private enforcement of competitionlaw in the EU xivPART I GENERAL ISSUES1 Private enforcement of competition law: its role and development in the EU 2Richard Whish and David Bailey2 The economics of private enforcement of competition law 28Maximilian Langer, Erik Lindén, Asger Lunde, Claus Kastberg Nielsen andJouni Sohkanen3 Private enforcement under US antitrust law: origins and contemporary context 52Andrew I. GavilPART II SUBSTANTIVE AND PROCEDURAL ISSUES4 Respective roles of EU and national law 82Juliane Kokott and Hanna Schröder5 The application ratione temporis of the Directive's provisions andconflicting limitation periods under national laws 101Philipp Kirst6 Competition litigation and EU private international law rules 134Barry J. Rodger7 Private enforcement and the imputation of antitrust liability 159Peter Whelan8 Alternative remedies in the private enforcement of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU 181Magnus Strand9 Causation 204Ioannis Lianos and Claudio Lombardi10 Indirect purchasers and passing-on 239Antonio Robles Martín-Laborda11 Access to evidence: the 'disclosure scheme' of the Damages Directive 265Francisco Marcos12 Binding effect of public enforcement decisions 303Miguel Sousa Ferro13 Collective redress and aggregation of claims 330Csongor István Nagy14 Competition litigation funding 358Sebastian PeyerPART III PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT IN PRACTICE15 Private enforcement in the UK and Ireland 387Barry J Rodger and Mary Catherine Lucey16 Portugal and Spain 420Miguel Sousa Ferro and Francisco Marcos17 Germany and the Netherlands 459Jannik Otto, Patrick Hauser and Simon Vande Walle18 Central and Eastern European countries 504Jurgita MalinauskaiteIndex 527.