Handbook of research on international consumer law / edited by Geraint Howells, Iain Ramsay, Thomas Wilhelmsson ; with David Kraft.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Howells, Geraint (Professor of law)

Ramsay, Ian M.

Wilhelmsson, Thomas, 1949-

Edward Elgar Publishing.

Series:

Research handbooks in international law series.

Research handbooks in international law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumer protection--Law and legislation.

Consumer protection.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (602 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Consumer law and policy has emerged in the last half-century as a major policy concern for all nations. This Handbook of original contributions provides an international and comparative analysis of central issues in consumer law and policy in developed and developing economies. The Handbook encompasses questions of both social policy and effective business regulation. Many of the issues are common to all countries and are becoming increasingly globalised due to the growth in international trade and technological developments like the internet. The authors provide a broad coverage of both subst

Contents:

Consumer law in its international dimension / Geraint Howells, Iain Ramsay and Thomas Wilhelmsson

Consumer protection and human rights / Iris Benohr and Hans-W. Micklitz

Development and consumer law / Sothi Rachagan

The consumer and competition law / Angus MacCulloch

Misleading and unfair advertising / James P. Nehf

Protecting rational choice : information and the right of withdrawal / Christian Twigg-Flesner and Reiner Schulze

Unfair terms and standard form contracts / Thomas Wilhelmsson and Chris Willett

Sales and guarantees / Cynthia Hawes and Christian Twigg-Flesner

Products liability law in America and Europe / Geraint Howells and David G. Owen

Product safety regulation / Luke Nottage

Consumers and services of general interest / Peter Rott and Chris Willett

Consumer protection and the internet / Patrick Quirk and John A. Rothchild

Regulation of consumer credit / Iain Ramsay

Personal insolvency / Johanna Niemi

Financial services regulation and the investor as consumer / Dimity Kingsford Smith

Individual consumer redress / Peter Spiller and Kate Tokeley

Using class actions to enforce consumer protection law / Deborah R. Hensler

Enforcing consumer protection laws / Colin Scott.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-90835-9

9786612908354

1-84980-631-4

OCLC:

692157012