Consumer protection and the criminal law : law, theory, and policy in the UK / Peter Cartwright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cartwright, Peter, 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumer protection--Law and legislation--Great Britain--Criminal provisions.

Consumer protection.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 253 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Consumer Protection & the Criminal Law

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The nature of criminal law doctrines such as strict, corporate, and vicarious liability, and suggests that such doctrines require re-evaluation in the light of the reality of the corporate entity. This study will be of interest to academics, undergraduate and post-graduate students and practitioners.inciples of each device's operation and presents a block circuit diagram. Next he analyzes these 'real world' circuits in detail, and, finally, he discusses the present state-of-the-art. This approach will help to integrate the many different aspects of an electrical engineer's course work, from physical optics to digital signal processing, as never before. Very accessible and containing over 350 illustrations and many exercises.

Contents:

1. Consumer protection rationales

2. Techniques of regulation

3. The role of criminal sanctions in consumer protection

4. The use of the criminal law

5. Consumers and safety: the protection of physical integrity

6. The protection of economic interests

7. The enforcement of regulatory consumer law

8. Conclusions.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-11421-7

1-280-42921-6

0-511-17439-X

0-511-03988-3

0-511-15427-5

0-511-30363-7

0-511-49475-0

0-511-05421-1

OCLC:

232160978