The Law and Economics of Enforcing European Consumer Law - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Law and Economics of Enforcing European Consumer Law write by Franziska Weber. This book was released on 2016-03-03. The Law and Economics of Enforcing European Consumer Law available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the internet age, the need for effective consumer law enforcement has arguably never been greater. This timely book is a comparative law and economic analysis of the changing landscape of EU consumer law enforcement policy. EU member states are moving away from purely public or private law enforcement and now appear to be moving towards a more mixed approach, not least due to European legislation. This book reflects on the need for and creation of efficient enforcement designs. It examines the various economic factors according to which the efficiency of different enforcement mechanisms can be assessed. Hypothetical case scenarios within package travel and misleading advertising, dealing with substantial individual harm and trifling and widespread harm are used to illustrate various consumer law problems. Design suggestions on how to optimally mix enforcement mechanisms for these case scenarios are developed. The findings are then used as a benchmark to assess real life situations in countries with different enforcement traditions - the Netherlands, Sweden and England. The book is of value to both researchers and policy-makers working in the area of consumer protection.
The Law and Economics of Enforcing European Consumer Law
The Law and Economics of Enforcing European Consumer Law - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Law and Economics of Enforcing European Consumer Law write by Franziska Weber (Law teacher). This book was released on 2014. The Law and Economics of Enforcing European Consumer Law available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Consumer Theories of Harm
Consumer Theories of Harm - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Consumer Theories of Harm write by Paolo Siciliani. This book was released on 2019-09-19. Consumer Theories of Harm available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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. This monograph argues that the way consumer law operates today promises a lot but does not deliver enough. It struggles to avoid harm being caused to consumers and it struggles to repair the harm after the event. To achieve fairness, solutions need to be found elsewhere. Consumer Theories of Harm offers an alternative model to assess where and how consumer detriment may occur and solutions to prevent it. It shows that a more confident use of economic theory will allow practitioners to demonstrate how a poor standard of professional diligence lies at the heart of consumer harm. The book provides both theoretical and practical examples of how to combine existing law with economic theory to improve case outcomes. The book shows how public enforcers can move beyond the dominant transparency paradigm to an approach where firms have a positive duty to treat consumers fairly and shape their commercial offers in a way that prevents consumers from making mistakes. Over time, this 'fairness-by-design' approach will emerge as the only acceptable way to compete.
Consumer Law and Economics
Consumer Law and Economics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Consumer Law and Economics write by Klaus Mathis. This book was released on 2020-08-31. Consumer Law and Economics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This edited volume covers the challenges currently faced by consumer law in Europe and the United States, ranging from fundamental theoretical questions, such as what goals consumer law should pursue, to practical questions raised by disclosure requirements, the General Data Protection Regulation and technology advancements. With governments around the world enacting powerful new regulations concerning consumers, consumer law has become an important topic in the economic analysis of law. Intended to protect consumers, these regulations typically seek to do so by giving them tools to make better decisions, or by limiting the consequences of their bad decisions. Legal scholars are divided, however, regarding the efficacy and effects of these regulations; some call for certain policies to be abolished, while others support a regulatory expansion.
The Making of Consumer Law and Policy in Europe
The Making of Consumer Law and Policy in Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Making of Consumer Law and Policy in Europe write by Hans-W Micklitz. This book was released on 2021-11-04. The Making of Consumer Law and Policy in Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book analyses the founding years of consumer law and consumer policy in Europe. It combines two dimensions: the making of national consumer law and the making of European consumer law, and how both are intertwined. The chapters on Germany, Italy, the Nordic countries and the United Kingdom serve to explain the economic and the political background which led to different legal and policy approaches in the then old Member States from the 1960s onwards. The chapter on Poland adds a different layer, the one of a former socialist country with its own consumer law and how joining the EU affected consumer law at the national level. The making of European consumer law started in the 1970s rather cautiously, but gradually the European Commission took an ever stronger position in promoting not only European consumer law but also in supporting the building of the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC), the umbrella organisation of the national consumer bodies. The book unites the early protagonists who were involved in the making of consumer law in Europe: Guido Alpa, Ludwig Krämer, Ewa Letowska, Hans-W Micklitz, Klaus Tonner, Iain Ramsay, and Thomas Wilhelmsson, supported by the younger generation Aneta Wiewiórowska Domagalska, Mateusz Grochowski, and Koen Docter, who reconstructs the history of BEUC. Niklas Olsen and Thomas Roethe analyse the construction of this policy field from a historical and sociological perspective. This book offers a unique opportunity to understand a legal and political field, that of consumer law and policy, which plays a fundamental role in our contemporary societies.
