Angus Macculloch
Senior LecturerCurrent Teaching
EU & UK Competition Law; EU Law; Business Law & Regulation
Profile
Senior Lecturer, Law School.
Angus MacCulloch first graduated with an LL.B (Hons) from the University of Dundee (1992), before going on to undertake LL.M (European Law) at the University of Strathclyde (1994) and an M.Phil at the University of Manchester (1997). From 1996 he was a Lecturer at the University of Manchester with his research focusing largely on Competition Law. Angus MacCulloch joined Lancaster University Law School, as Senior Lecturer, in September 2006.
Research Interests
Angus MacCulloch's research interests lie primarily in Competition Law, particularly antitrust and enforcement issues, and EU Law, particularly free movement of goods, but he retains a wider interest in Regulation, White Collar Crime, and IP law.
The majority of his recent Competition Law work focuses on the impact of the introduction of the UK's cartel offence and the wider global move towards the criminalisation of cartel activity. A number of jurisdictions have moved towards the use of criminal sanctions to deter cartel activity, with varying degrees of success. The research has examined the value of the adoption of criminal sanctions, the different type of criminal sanctions utilised in different jurisdictions, and the problems they have and will face in practice.
His recent EU Law research has focussed on the EU Law challenges to the introduction of alcohol Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) in Scotland, and EU law’s attempt to balance the often competition goals of enhancing free trade/competition and protecting public health.
Angus MacCulloch also continues to publish a popular Competition Law textbook, Competition Law and Policy in the EC and UK, now in its 6th edition. He is also one of the Editors of a popular Journal the Competition Law Review, founded in 2004, which is an increasingly important home for competition law scholarship. He is a founding member of the Competition Law Scholars Forum and maintains the 'Who's Competing?' blog.
Research Overview
Angus MacCulloch's research interests lie primarily in Competition Law, particularly antitrust and enforcement issues, and EU Law, particularly free movement of goods, but he retains a wider interest in Regulation, White Collar Crime, and IP law.
The majority of his recent Competition Law work focuses on the impact of the introduction of the UK's cartel offence and the wider global move towards the criminalisation of cartel activity. The research has examined the value of the adoption of criminal sanctions, the different type of criminal sanctions utilised in different jurisdictions, and the problems they have and will face in practice.
His recent EU Law research has focussed on EU law’s attempt to balance the often competition goals of enhancing free trade/competition and protecting public health.
PhD Supervision Interests
Competition Law, EU Law, and Regulation
Selected Publications
The cartel offence: defining an appropriate "moral space"
MacCulloch, A. 04/2012 In: European Competition Journal. 8, 1, p. 73-93. 21 p.
Journal article
All Publications
Lying in the Philosophy of Law
19/02/2020 → …
Research
Impact of Changes to Dishonesty Test on the Cartel Offence
01/01/2018 → …
Research
Lawfulness of Scottish Minimum Alcohol Pricing
01/03/2012 → …
Research
Criminalisation of Cartels
02/02/2009 → …
Other
CLaSF Workshop – Promoting Fairness, Accessibility, and Sustainability in Digital and Technology Markets through Competition Law
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
CLaSF Workshop – Critical Evaluation of and New Insights for Competition Law Enforcement and Policy-Making
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Playing With Games: Some Experiences with Game Based Learning
Oral presentation
The 'Acceptable' Cartel? Horizontal Agreements under Competition Law and Beyond
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
CLaSF Workshop - Protection of Free Competition in Markets across History: Culture, Politics and Law
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
CLaSF Workshop: ‘Antitrust at the Intersection of Law and Economics’
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
CLaSF Workshop: 'Constitutional Challenges in Europe – the impact and role of competition law'
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
43rd Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium of the Kettil Bruun Society
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
CLaSF Workshop: Reform of Regulation 1/2003 – Effectiveness of the NCAs and Beyond
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Taxation and other economic incentives as health-promoting tools: a focus on tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy diets
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
NW Alcohol Conference 2016
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
- Centre for Law and Society
- Security Lancaster (Policy, Law and Ethics)