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Zusatztext Consumer Protection Law...is one of the best text books on consumer law. It provides an extremely accessible! thoughtful and thorough account of consumer protection law...The authors explain even the most complicated issue with ease...this is a fantastic text. It is extremely well-written! accessible and provides a superb account of consumer law.' Student Law Journal Informationen zum Autor Geraint G. Howells is Professor of Law at the University of Manchester, and Barrister at Gough Square Chambers, UK. Stephen Weatherill is Professor of Law at the University of Oxford, UK. Klappentext This fully revised and updated second edition of Consumer Protection Law introduces the reader to the substantive law of consumer protection in the United Kingdom, the emphasis being on the place of United Kingdom law within an evolving European legal system and also on the need to draw upon comparative experience. Zusammenfassung This fully revised and updated second edition of Consumer Protection Law introduces the reader to the substantive law of consumer protection in the United Kingdom, the emphasis being on the place of United Kingdom law within an evolving European legal system and also on the need to draw upon comparative experience. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Preface; The map of consumer protection law; European Union consumer policy; The quality of goods and services; Product and service liability; Unfair terms; Consumer credit: private law; Regulation of trade practices from doorstep to internet; Trade descriptions, advertising and unfair commercial practices; Public regulation of consumer credit; Consumer safety; The regulatory offence; Competition policy and the consumer interest; Consumer law enforcement in England and Wales; Access to Justice; Index.
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This fully revised and updated second edition of Consumer Protection Law introduces the reader to the substantive law of consumer protection in the United Kingdom, the emphasis being on the place of United Kingdom law within an evolving European legal system and also on the need to draw upon comparative experience.
