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EU Consumer Law and Policy

Author: S. Delors J. Weatherill
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781845428679
Published In: May 2006
Format: Paperback , 272 pages
Jurisdiction: European Union ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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In many respects the consumer is supposed to be the ultimate beneficiary of the process of market integration in Europe, but the EC Treaty has never included an elaborate recognition of how the EU serves the consumer interest. This highly esteemed book, now in a brand new edition, provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the subject, explaining the evolution of consumer law and policy in the EC in terms of both legislative and judicial activity.

The book also situates EC consumer law and policy within its broader social, political and economic context, providing a window to a range of wider issues (and tensions) relating to Community regulatory strategies and their effect on the member states.

Contents:: Preface; 1. The Evolution of Consumer Policy in the European Union; 2. Negative Law and Market Integration; 3. The Law and Practice of Harmonization; 4. Market Transparency and Consumer Protection; 5. Regulating the Substance of Consumer Transactions; 6. Product Liability; 7. European Private Law; 8. Advertising Law; 9. Product Safety Regulation; 10. Access to Justice; 11. Evaluating Community Consumer Policy; Index

Stephen Weatherill, Jacques Delors Professor of EC Law, Somerville College, Oxford, UK

‘As a whole, Stephen Weatherill crafts a detailed and wonderfully rich consideration of this dynamic issue and is a resource which practitioners in this area could ill do without. Weatherill’s thorough and thoughtful insights with regard to these issues provide an important basis for understanding the complexities and vagaries of market integration in the EU Community.’
– Peter G. Fitzgerald, Canadian Law Library Review

‘Steve Weatherill provides an excellent thought-provoking account of EU consumer law and policy. It will be required reading for all those interested in this important subject.’
– Paul Craig, St John’s College, Oxford, UK

‘This is a characteristically excellent book by Steve Weatherill, combining incisive legal analysis of an important policy field with an authoritative and up-to-date account of the underlying legal and constitutional framework.’
– Grainne de Burca, European University Institute, Italy