Efforts at social protection were increasingly characterized by the transfer of power and ultimately by tutelage. This will inevitably entail the socialization of the law. The author draws the attention to the fact that such a perfunctorily unilateral legislative approach will inevitably lead to difficulties of judgement, uncertainty on the part of the business community and of consumers, and to painful problems for trade and business with the familiar effects on private, economic but also social matters. Ultimately, it could cause the economy to slow and unemployment to rise. When charting the route between sensible social protection, the legislator should be coerced towards a non-dirigiste consumer protection based on the responsibility of the individual for his own actions.