Consumer Law Law

Consumer Protection and the Digital Economy: A Research Companion

Edited by Christopher Willett · Elisabetta Bergamini
New Arrival Routledge March 2026

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ISBN-13
9781032429168
Publisher
Routledge
Publication
March 2026
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This book examines the effects of digitalisation on consumers and markets, and whether consumer law rules are fit for purpose.

Examining existing consumer law as it interconnects with the related spheres of competition law, intellectual property law, human rights law and dispute resolution regimes, it considers the future of rule and regime building for consumer protection in the face of digital disruption. Offering new perspectives on recent legal developments for consumers, this book examines how general consumer protection principles deal with emergent issues such as the regulation of cryptocurrencies, online auctions, artificial intelligence, intellectual property and digital content services. It highlights issues of cross-border choice of law and enforcement issues for consumer protection as it relates to digital disruption. Exploring the consumer law and policy of the EU and closely related jurisdictions, this volume offers insights that could help inform debates and build rules and regimes for consumer protection.

The book will be of interest to postgraduate students, academics and policy makers, given the worldwide challenges presented by digital disruption to consumer protection.

Table of Contents

1. Consumer Protection and the Digital Economy: A Research Companion
Christopher Willett and Elisabetta Bergamini
2. The Erosion of Freedom of Expression on Social Media Platforms, and the Suppression of the Voices of Marginalised Groups
Youseph Farah
3. Digital Platforms and the Collaborative Economy: The (Re)identification and (Re)definition of Legal Relationships Between Service Providers and Consumers Through the Lens of Competition Law
Marco Inglese
4. Crypto-assets as a Digital Disruption – Towards Novel Regulatory Approaches to Consumer Protection in Financial Services
Tatjana Jovanić
5. Brexit Ideologies and UK Digital Consumer Law
Seonghui Lee and Christopher Willett
6. Transparency of Fees and Charges in Consumer Credit Contracts. Theoretical and Empirical Insights from the Romanian Banking System
Lucian Bercea and Ioan Șumandea-Simionescu
7. A Missed Opportunity? The Empirical Analysis of the Adaptation of Hungarian Higher Education to the European Union’s Digital Copyright Reform and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Péter Mezei
8. Text and Data Mining within the EU Digital Single Market: ‘Mining’ Room for Private Users
Bernardo Calabrese
9. AI-Related Opportunities and Risks for Consumers’ Rights in the Evolving EU Legal Framework
Francesco Deana
10. EU Private International Law Rules in the Field of Consumer Protection and Digital Disruption: A Real Improvement for Consumers or a Framework Still in Need of Intervention?
Elisabetta Bergamini
11. Choice-of-Court and Choice-of-Law Clauses in Digital Consumer Contracts: Current Practices and Compliance by Online Platforms
Ivana Kunda
12. Digitalisation and Consumer Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Despite (apparent) Lack of Success, Are These the Seeds of a New Way of Approaching Disputes?
Lucian Bojin and Sorina Doroga
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