European Consumer Protection (eBook, ePUB)

Theory and Practice
Redaktion: Devenney, James

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume analyses the theory and practice of European consumer protection in the context of consolidation initiatives seen, inter alia, in the revision of the Consumer Acquis, the Draft Common Frame of Reference and the proposal for an EU Consumer Rights Directive. The issues addressed are all the more significant given the revisions to the proposed Directive, the appointment of an 'Expert Group on a Common Frame of Reference' and the Commission's 2010 Green Paper on progress towards a European Contract Law. The contributions to this volume point to the arrival of a contested moment in EU consumer protection, questioning the arrival of the 'empowered' consumer and uncovering the fault lines between consumer protection and other goals. What emerges is a model of poly-contextual EU consumer protection law, a model that challenges the assumptions in both the 2010 Green Paper and the revised proposed Consumer Rights Directive.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139366045
• Artikelnr.: 52851735

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction James Devenney and Mel Kenny; Part I. Consumer Protection
Strategies and Mechanisms in the EU: 1. From minimal to full to 'half'
harmonisation Norbert Reich; 2. Comment: the future of EU consumer law -
the end of harmonisation? Christian Twigg-Flesner; 3. Two levels, one
standard? The multi-level regulation of consumer protection in Europe
Vanessa Mak; 4. A modernisation for European consumer law? Cristina
Poncibò; 5. Effective enforcement of consumer law: the comeback of public
law and criminal law Peter Rott; 6. E-consumers and effective protection:
the online dispute resolution system Immaculada Barral-Viñals; 7. Unfair
terms and the draft common frame of reference: the role of non-legislative
harmonisation and administrative co-operation? James Devenney and Mel
Kenny; Part II. Conceptualising Vulnerability: 8. The definition of
consumers in EU consumer law Bastian Schüller; 9. Recognising the limits of
transparency in EU consumer law Chris Willett and Martin Morgan-Taylor; 10.
The best interests of the child and EU consumer law and policy: a major gap
between theory and practice? Amandine Garde; 11. Protecting consumers of
gambling services: some preliminary thoughts on the relationship with
European consumer protection law Alan Littler; Part III. Contextualising
Consumer Protection in the EU: 12. Consumer protection and overriding
mandatory rules in the new Rome I regulation Christopher Bisping; 13.
Determining the applicable law for breach of competition claims in the Rome
II regulation and the need for effective consumer collective redress Lorna
Gillies; 14. Horse sales: the problem of consumer contracts from a
historical perspective Warren Swain; 15. The role of private litigation in
market regulation: beyond 'legal origins' Axel Halfmeier; 16. Advertising,
free speech and the consumer Paul Wragg; 17. Are consumer rights human
rights? Monika Jagielska and Mariusz Jagielski; 18. Consumer protection in
a normative context: the building blocks of a consumer citizenship practice
Jim Davies; 19. Recommended changes to the definitions of 'auction' and
'public auction' in the proposal for a directive on consumer rights
Christine Reifa; 20. Consumer law regulation in the Czech Republic in the
context of EU law: theory and practice Blanka Toman¿áková; 21. Resistance
towards the unfair terms directive in Poland: the interaction between the
consumer acquis and a post-socialist legal culture Rafä Mäko; Part IV.
Conclusions: 22. European consumer protection: theory and practice Mel
Kenny and James Devenney.