It has long been thought that fairness in European Consumer Law would be achieved by relying on information as a remedy and expecting the average consumer to keep businesses in check by voting with their feet.
Das Verbraucherstreitbeilegungsgesetz - VSBG - schafft in Deutschland erstmals ein flächendeckendes Angebot von Schlichtungsstellen mit einheitlichen Standards für die außergerichtliche Beilegung von Streitigkeiten aus Verbraucherverträgen.
Ob es um die allgemeine Pflichtkennzeichnung geht, ergänzende produktspezifische Vorgaben oder freiwillige Informationen, das Lebensmittelkennzeichnungsrecht ist eine komplexe Materie.
This book analyses the history of the common law foundations of consumer law, and encourages readers to rethink the role that consumer law plays in our society.
This book analyses the history of the common law foundations of consumer law, and encourages readers to rethink the role that consumer law plays in our society.
Mit der Entstehung der Collage wurde eine Kulturrevolution in Gang gesetzt, die sich heute in vielen einzelnen Verästelungen zeigt und die dazu geführt hat, dass man die Kunst mit anderen Augen sehen muss.
With the advent of Conrad Black's new appeal, Steven Skurka is back to deliver a thorough, in-depth account of the controversial businessman's legal difficulties.
Consumers routinely enter into long-term contracts with providers of goods and services - from credit cards, mortgages, cell phones, insurance, TV, and internet services to household appliances, theatre and sports events, health clubs, magazine subscriptions, transportation, and more.
All litigants before the General Court of the EU (GC), the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) or indeed before any EU body or agency will need to have full access to the documents held by the European Union.
This book brings together a series of contributions by leading scholars and practitioners to examine the main features of smart contracts, as well as the response of key stakeholders in technology, business, government and the law.
The collapse of the Rana Plaza in Bangladesh (2013) is one of many cases to invoke critical scrutiny and moral outrage regarding the conditions under which consumer goods sold on our markets are produced elsewhere.
Developed over a period of some six years by teachers of the subject at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Law, this book provides the first comprehensive and integrated teaching tool for the very basic field of debtor and creditor relations.
Urheberrechtliche Probleme rücken seit der Einbeziehung von Computersoftware in den 1980er Jahren und der kommerziellen Nutzbarkeit des Internet in den 1990er Jahren verstärkt in den Blick von Theorie und Praxis.
Dieses Werk untersucht in rechtsvergleichender Weise den durch Produkt- und Anlegerklassifizierung geschaffenen Schutz für Anleger im Investmentrecht in England und Deutschland.
[Writings pertaining to European and international private, banking and commercial law] Europeanization and internationalization challenge the realm of jurisprudence to an extraordinary degree.
This book discusses the role of private law as an instrument to produce financial and social inclusion in a context characterised by the redefinition of the role of the State and by the financialisation of society.
This book looks at the consumer protection offered in a range of Asian countries, for example China, Japan, and South Korea in key areas such as consumer sales law, unfair terms, product liability, and unfair commercial practices.
Designed to empower readers to advocate for themselves and others, this wide-ranging encyclopedia reveals a surprising range of resources and options that consumers have at their disposal.
As Elizabeth Warren memorably wrote, "e;It is impossible to buy a toaster that has a one-in-five chance of bursting into flames and burning down your house.
