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Book Synopsis Unfair Contract Terms in the Digital Age by : Gardiner, Caterina
Download or read book Unfair Contract Terms in the Digital Age written by Gardiner, Caterina and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-14 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the introduction of the European Unfair Contract Terms Directive (UCTD) there have been far-reaching developments in the digital landscape which have significantly altered the nature of consumer contracts. This timely book examines the changes that have taken place since the advent of the UCTD and analyses the challenges that they pose for consumers entering online standard form contracts today.
Book Synopsis Protecting Consumers from Unfair Contract Terms by : Paul Latimer
Download or read book Protecting Consumers from Unfair Contract Terms written by Paul Latimer and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The consumer movement in the 1960s was the first step towards creating community demand for laws providing for the protection of consumers. Australia responded with consumer protection laws in the 1970s, and with unfair contract laws in the 1980s at the state level, since replaced by Commonwealth provisions in the Australian Consumer Law. The EU drafted and adopted in 1993 the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Directive to provide protection from unfair contracts. The Directive has now resulted in consumer contract laws in Europe ranging from prohibition in some EU jurisdictions to the low impact approach of rendering unfair terms void or non-existent in other EU jurisdictions such as in France. The latest European legislation is now to be found in the new unfair contract amendments in the UK in the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (UK), which has replaced earlier UK legislation from the 1970s. In proscribing unfair contract laws, the UK Act carries forward and updates the current fairness test, and includes a 'grey list' of consumer contract terms 'which may be regarded as unfair. This article reviews the operation of unfair contract laws from an Australian comparative perspective, including developments in Europe and the UK. It includes some comparisons from outside the EU with parallel developments in the Asia-Pacific area to demonstrate law making in response to consumer demands in different jurisdictions and to show that cultural difficulties can be overcome to ensure an adequate response to unfair contracts for the benefit of consumers.
Book Synopsis Fairness in Consumer Contracts by : Chris Willett
Download or read book Fairness in Consumer Contracts written by Chris Willett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on unfair contract terms in consumer contracts, in particular the existing legislation and the proposals by the Law Commissions for a new unified regime. In this context it considers, in particular, what we mean by fairness (both procedurally and in substance); the tools used; the European dimension; the move from general principles from the more piecemeal approach typical in UK legal tradition; and the further move in this direction as a result of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive.
Book Synopsis Unfair Contract Terms Law in Australia by : Jeannie Marie Paterson
Download or read book Unfair Contract Terms Law in Australia written by Jeannie Marie Paterson and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new and timely work provides up-to-date and detailed analysis of the new Unfair Contract Terms Law (UCTL) that was introduced as part of the Australian Consumer Law reforms of 2010, and which took effect in each state and territory from 1 January 2011. The UCTL represents a radical change in consumer protection law and in contract law. In Unfair Contract Terms Law in Australia experienced author and senior lecturer Dr Jeannie Paterson explains the operation of the UCTL and considers the implications for standard boilerplate terms in consumer contracts. The work also examines the background to the reforms and utilises precedents drawn from similar regimes that have operated in Victoria and the UK. UNFAIR CONTRACT TERMS IN AUSTRALIA will be highly useful for litigation purposes and compliance work. It will appeal to competition, consumer and commercial solicitors and barristers as well as regulators involved in drafting, reviewing and enforcing standard form consumer contracts. Traders dealing with consumers will find this work invaluable as they review their contracts to ensure compliance with the legislation. UNFAIR CONTRACT TERMS IN AUSTRALIA is a vital resource for the adjustment to, and ongoing compliance with, the new law.
Book Synopsis Consumers and Unfair Contract Terms by :
Download or read book Consumers and Unfair Contract Terms written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Standing Committee of Officials of Consumer Affairs. Unfair Contract Terms Working Party Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :55 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (224 download)
Book Synopsis Unfair Contract Terms by : Standing Committee of Officials of Consumer Affairs. Unfair Contract Terms Working Party
Download or read book Unfair Contract Terms written by Standing Committee of Officials of Consumer Affairs. Unfair Contract Terms Working Party and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It was reported to the Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs (MCCA) in August 2002 that fair trading and consumer protection jurisdictions across Australia share a growing number of problems with unfair terms in consumer contracts in various areas of the marketplace. Consumer contracts are increasingly complex and it is becoming correspondingly difficult for consumers to identify important terms, rights and responsibilities and potential costs associated with purchase agreements. New technologies and borderless markets further complicate the picture. At its 2002 meeting MCCA therefore directed the Standing Committee of Officials of Consumer Affairs (SCOCA) to establish a national working party to investigate policy options to address unfair terms in consumer contracts and the merits of adopting a more nationally consistent and effective regulatory regime ... The purpose of this Discussion Paper is to seek the views of the wider community on the need for unfair contract terms regulation and the best model for achieving this." -- from the Introduction, p. 5.
Book Synopsis Cranston's Consumers and the Law by : Colin Scott
Download or read book Cranston's Consumers and the Law written by Colin Scott and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-08 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of this text is designed to bring the reader up to date with developments in consumer law up to 1999. It includes material on utilities and financial services regulation.
Book Synopsis A Comparative Analysis of Policing Consumer Contracts in China and the EU by : Jiangqiu Ge
Download or read book A Comparative Analysis of Policing Consumer Contracts in China and the EU written by Jiangqiu Ge and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-02-07 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book seeks to fill a gap in the existing literature by describing the formulation, interpretation and enforcement of the rules on consumer contracts in China and the EU, and by mapping key similarities and differences. The study addresses selected issues regarding consumer contracts: sources of law in the two jurisdictions are first discussed to set the scene. Afterwards, one preliminary issue - how to define the concept of a consumer contract - and two substantive topics - unfair terms and withdrawal rights - are dealt with. Apart from the descriptive analysis, the book also provides possible explanations for these comparative findings, and argues that the differences in consumer contract rules can be primarily attributed to a disparity of markets. The book offers a valuable resource, particularly for researchers and practitioners in the fields of private law and comparative law.
Book Synopsis Research Handbook on EU Consumer and Contract Law by : Christian Twigg-Flesner
Download or read book Research Handbook on EU Consumer and Contract Law written by Christian Twigg-Flesner and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Research Handbook on EU Consumer and Contract Lawtakes stock of the evolution of this fascinating area of private law to date and identifies key themes for the future development of the law and research agendas. This major Handbook brings together contributions by leading academics from across the EU on the latest developments and controversies in these important areas of law. The Handbookis divided into three distinct and thematic parts: firstly, authors examine a range of cross-cutting issues relevant to both consumer and contract law. The second part discusses specific topics on EU consumer law, including the consumer image within EU law, information duties and unfair contract terms. The final part focuses on a number of important subjects which remain current in the development of EU contract law and presents a number of innovative solutions to the challenges presented in parts one and two. This timely and insightful Handbook will provide both a comprehensive survey of this area of law for the novice researcher and fresh food-for-thought for scholars who have been researching this area of law for many years. Contributors include:E.A. Amayuelas, H. Beale, J.M. Bech Serrat, C. Busch, R. Canavan, P. Cartwright, O.O. Cherednychenko, G. Comparato, G. Cordero-Moss, A. Cygan, L. Gillies, M. Graziadei, M.W. Hesselink, G. Howells, C. Mak, V. Mak, H.-W. Micklitz, B. Pozzo, P. Rott, J. Rutgers, J.M. Smits, Y. Svetiev, E.T.T. Tai, C. Twigg-Flesner, W.H. van Boom, J. Watson, F. Zoll
Book Synopsis Practice Notes on Consumer Law by : Peter Walker
Download or read book Practice Notes on Consumer Law written by Peter Walker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-04 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fourth edition of Practice Notes on Consumer Law contains much useful information for those dealing with problems in consumer law, from either the consumer or supplier perspective. These notes include guidance on common problems, checklists, specimen letters and precedents to help you through the common problems in this area of law, which has recently changed so rapidly. Consumer Law covers contract, tort, consumer credit, and consumer safety. Each of these areas has seen huge changes in the ways business is done, largely as a result of changing technology, enabling people to buy goods and services in new ways, including via the internet. That technology can, in itself, be the cause of difficulties, where it goes wrong, or where suppliers have inadequate systems to deal with customer. Both suppliers and consumers need advice on how to deal with the problems that arise. This fourth edition has, therefore, been updated to include: developments such as the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999, and the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 changes in consumer safety law, particularly the regulations concerning general product safety changes in civil procedure as a result of the Woolf Reforms - the book includes procedural notes relating to litigation the influence of the European Union, particularly consumer protection for distance selling contracts.
Book Synopsis Credit, Consumers and the Law by : Karen Fairweather
Download or read book Credit, Consumers and the Law written by Karen Fairweather and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consumer law, particularly consumer credit law, is characterised by increasingly complex regulation in Western economies. Reacting to the Global Financial Crisis, governments in the UK, the EU, Australia, New Zealand and the United States have adopted new laws dealing with consumer credit, responsible lending, consumer guarantees and unfair contracts. Drawing together authors from all of these jurisdictions, this book analyses and evaluates these initiatives, and makes predictions as to their likely success and possible flaws.
Book Synopsis A Guide to the Unfair Contract Terms Law by :
Download or read book A Guide to the Unfair Contract Terms Law written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Rethinking EU Consumer Law by : Geraint Howells
Download or read book Rethinking EU Consumer Law written by Geraint Howells and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-28 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Rethinking EU Consumer Law, the authors analyse the development of EU consumer law on the basis of a number of clear themes, which are then traced through specific areas. Recurring themes include the artificiality of the EU’s consumer image, the problems created by the drive towards maximum harmonisation, and the unexpected effects EU Consumer Law has had on national law. The book argues that EU Consumer Law has the potential of enhancing the protecting of consumers throughout the EU and could offer a model for consumer law elsewhere in the world, but in order to unlock this potential, there needs to be a rethink with regard to the EU’s approach to consumer law and policy.
Book Synopsis Unfair Contract Terms in European Law by : Paolisa Nebbia
Download or read book Unfair Contract Terms in European Law written by Paolisa Nebbia and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2007-02-08 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book examines Directive 93/13 on Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts and its implementation with a twofold aim: first, to understand the extent to which the Directive has influenced and will influence fundamental notions and principles of contract law in the domestic legal systems of the Member States; second, it examines the extent to which the domestic legal traditions of the Member States have influenced the process of drafting of the Directive and, more importantly, will affect the way that the Directive is interpreted and applied in national courts. The focus is mainly on English law (including the 2005 Unfair Terms in Contracts Bill) and on Italian law, but frequent references are made to the French and the German systems. At the same time, the book has a broader, more 'European' concern, in that it aims to distill from the existing Community acquis and from the history and rationale of Directive 93/13 notions and concepts that could guide its interpretation. It is well known that Community law uses terminology which is peculiar to it, and that legal concepts do not necessarily have the same meaning in EC law and in the law of the various Member States: every provision of Community law must be placed in its context and interpreted in the light of its own objectives and rationale, and of the objectives and rationale of Community law as a whole. In this respect, this book aims to identify the contours and features of the emerging European legal tradition, and to assess the impact that this may have on the domestic traditions.
Book Synopsis Unfair terms in consumer contracts in a European perspective by :
Download or read book Unfair terms in consumer contracts in a European perspective written by and published by Nordic Council of Ministers. This book was released on 1991 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summary.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Research on International Consumer Law, Second Edition by : Geraint Howells
Download or read book Handbook of Research on International Consumer Law, Second Edition written by Geraint Howells and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-27 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consumer law and policy continues to be of great concern to both national and international regulatory bodies, and the second edition of the Handbook of Research on International Consumer Law provides an updated international and comparative analysis of the central legal and policy issues, in both developed and developing economies.
Book Synopsis Standard Contract Terms in Europe by : Hugh Collins
Download or read book Standard Contract Terms in Europe written by Hugh Collins and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since the Directive on Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts of 1993, the European project has been working intensively towards harmonization of contract law across all EU Member States. To date, virtually none of the many problems that have arisen have been resolved. The SECOLA Annual Conference convened in Prague in 2005 to consider the specific topic of unfair terms and to imagine ways in which the obstacles raised by this provocative issue might be overcome. In this book, which presents revised versions of the papers presented at that conference, fourteen outstanding European scholars examine basic questions about the differing conceptions of contract law in the national legal systems of the Member States, divergent legal techniques such as interpretation of contract and divergent approaches to legal reasoning, and contrasting views about the nature of the problems presented by unfair terms in contracts. Among the contentious matters discussed are the following: the tension between party autonomy and social justice; control over freedom of contract in the name of substantive fairness and efficiency; interpretation of contract terms the intrusion of competition law into contract law; the disputed meanings of good faith and legitimate expectations; the requirement of 'plain intelligible language'; and characterization problems Above all the essays ask: Can harmonization of European contract law be achieved? And if so, how? The answers offered not only clarify the stage we have arrived at in this ongoing initiative, but also identify the essential conflicts that must be understood if we are to secure meaningful regulation of contract terms at a transnational level. For these reasons the book is enormously valuable to all parties interested in this crucial component of European integration.
