Consumer Protection in the 21st Century: A Global Perspective

Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-1-57105-242-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 586 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1102 g

This comprehensive work covers the consumer protection laws and policies of governing bodies around the world. By presenting materials from edited laws, directives, courts cases, administrative regulations, and commission studies, the author explores the different approaches to the regulation of advertising, sales practices, credit, and product safety and quality. The methods by which consumer protection laws are enforced at the public and private level are also examined.

Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vukowich, William

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1. The Legal Systems that Regulate the Marketplaces;
Chapter 2. Advertising; Chapter 3. Sales Practices; Chapter 4. Credit; Chapter 5. Privacy;
Chapter 6. Product Quality and Safety; Chapter 7. Consumer Contracts and Unfair Terms;
Chapter 8. Enforcement; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

William T. Vukowich is a Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center.