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Zusatztext A welcome contribution to European scholarship.This is a well-written book. Informationen zum Autor Paolisa Nebbia is a Fellow and Tutor in Law of St Hilda's College, Oxford. Klappentext This new book examines Directive 93/13 on Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts and its implementation in the UK (up until the drafting of the 2005 Unfair Terms in Contracts Bill). Zusammenfassung The book examines Directive 93/13 on Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts and its implementation. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction2. Directive 93/13 and EC Consumer Law and PolicyA brief outline of Directive 93/13The EC involvement in consumer policy and the roots of Directive 93/13The rationale of the directive: the internal market argumentThe consumer protection argumentThe future of Directive 93/133. Unfair Terms Regulation: A Comparative StudyOverviewThe rationale of unfair terms control in Italy and EnglandImplementation of Directive 93/13 in England and in Italy4. Unfair Terms Control in England and ItalyFormal controlsSubstantive controlsDifferent methods of adjudication5. Subjective Scope of ApplicationThe consumer in EC lawNational traditionsAreas of conflict between the domestic and the European definitionsThe business party6. Application to Public ServicesThe national traditionsA 'European' approach to public services in Directive 93/137. Objective Scope of ApplicationIndividually negotiated terms'Core' exclusionsContracts relating to land8. Formal and Substantive ControlsFormal controlsSubstantive controlsDifferent methods of adjudication9. ConclusionConvergence and divergence in the interpretation of Directive 93/13The European Court of Justice as the engine of European integration?
