Rethinking EU Consumer Law [Hardcover]

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 EUs 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 EUs approach to consumer law and policy.

Preface

Chapter 1: The Rich Canvas on EU Consumer Law  An Introduction

Chapter 2: Regulation of Unfair Commercial Practices

Chapter 3: Pre-Contractual Information Duties and the Right of Withdrawal

Chapter 4: Unfair Contract Terms

Chapter 5: Consumer Sales

Chapter 6: Consumer and Mortgage Credit

Chapter 7: Product Liability and Safety

Chapter 8: EU Consumer Access to Justice and Enforcement

Chapter 9: To Boldly Go Where EU Consumer Law has not gone before: Conclusions

Index

In this book, the authors analyse the development of EU consumer law, arguing that it has the potential of enhancing the protecting of consumers throughout the EU and could offer a model elsewhere in the world, but in order to unlock this potential, there needs to be a rethink with regard to the EUs approach to consumer law and policy.

Geraint Howells is Chair Professor of Commercial Law and Dean of the Law School at City University Hong Kong.