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Consumer Protection in the Age of the ''Information Economy''

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Informationen zum Autor Jane K. Winn is Professor and Director of the Shidler Center for Law, Commerce & Technology at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA, where she teaches commercial, comparative and technology law courses. She is a member of the American Law Institute and a Visiting Fellow of the University of Melbourne School of Law. Her research focuses on electronic commerce law issues in the US, EU and the People's Republic of China. Zusammenfassung Considers the impact of technological innovation on the foundations of consumer advocacy, contracting behaviour, control over intellectual capital and information privacy. This collection is useful to academics and researchers in law and public policy and to graduate and undergraduate students working in these areas. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction, Jane K. Winn; Part 1 What Does It Mean to “Protect Consumers” in the Twenty-First Century?; Chapter 1 From The Jungle to The Matrix : The Future of Consumer Protection in Light of Its Past, Norman Silber; Chapter 2 The Internet, Consumer Protection and Practical Knowledge, Edward Rubin; Chapter 3 Globalization, the Third Way and Consumer Law: The Case of the U.K., Iain Ramsay; Chapter 4 Information Liability and the Challenges of Law Reform: An Introductory Note, Michael Traynor; Chapter 5 Information Technology Standards as a Form of Consumer Protection Law, Jane K. Winn; Part 2 Can a Fair Balance Be Struck in Intellectual Property Law Between Innovators and Consumers?; Chapter 6 Distinguishing Dastar : Consumer Protection, Moral Rights and Section 43(a), Glynn S.LunneyJr.; Chapter 7 Some Copyright Consumer Conundrums, David McGowan; Part 3 New Rules for New Deals? The Impact of New Business Models on Old Contract Law; Chapter 8 New Basics: Twelve Principles for Fair Commerce in Mass-Market Software and Other Digital Products, Jean Braucher; Chapter 9 Contract, not Regulation: UCITA and High-Tech Consumers Meet Their Consumer Protection Critics, Richard A. Epstein; Chapter 10 Rolling Contracts as an Agency Problem, Clayton P. Gillette; Chapter 11 Online Consumer Standard Form Contracting Practices: A Survey and Discussion of Legal Implications, Robert A. Hillman; Chapter 12 From Consumer to Person? Developing a Regulatory Framework for Non-Bank E-Payments, Anita Ramasastry; Part 4 Information Privacy: Who Knows What About Consumers and What Should Be Done About It?; Chapter 13 The Failure of Fair Information Practice Principles, Fred H. Cate; Chapter 14 Privacy Self-Regulation: A Decade of Disappointment, Chris Jay Hoofnagle;...

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Authors Jane K. Winn
Assisted by Jane K. Winn (Editor), Winn Jane K. (Editor)
Publisher ASHGATE PUB CO
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 28.10.2006
 
EAN 9780754647096
ISBN 978-0-7546-4709-6
No. of pages 452
Dimensions 165 mm x 241 mm x 32 mm
Series Markets and the Law
Markets and the Law
Subjects Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / Commercial / General, Commercial law, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law

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