Consumer Law

European Consumer Protection Theory and Practice

Edited by James Devenney · Mel Kenny
Cambridge University Press April 2012

Specifications

ISBN-13
9781107013018
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
April 2012
Format
Hardback , 474 pages
Jurisdiction
Europe ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

This volume analyses the theory and practice of European consumer protection in the context of consolidation initiatives seen, inter alia, in the revision of the Consumer Acquis, the Draft Common Frame of Reference and the proposal for an EU Consumer Rights Directive. The issues addressed are all the more significant given the revisions to the proposed Directive, the appointment of an 'Expert Group on a Common Frame of Reference' and the Commission's 2010 Green Paper on progress towards a European Contract Law. The contributions to this volume point to the arrival of a contested moment in EU consumer protection, questioning the arrival of the 'empowered' consumer and uncovering the fault lines between consumer protection and other goals. What emerges is a model of poly-contextual EU consumer protection law, a model that challenges the assumptions in both the 2010 Green Paper and the revised proposed Consumer Rights Directive.

• Exploration of the European dimension to consumer protection deepens readers' understanding of its importance in the EU and its place in an integrating market

• Comparative insights into consumer protection in common law and civil law jurisdictions alert readers to the challenges facing proposals for greater harmonisation, consolidation and codification of private law in this area

• Analysis of the broader dimensions of European private law increases readers' understanding of the scope of protective mechanisms in private law

Table of Contents

Preface
ix
Part I    Consumer protection strategies and mechanisms in the EU
1
1         From minimal to full to ‘half’ harmonisation
Norbert Reich
3
2         Comment: the future of EU consumer law – the end of harmonisation?
Christian Twigg-Flesner
6
3         Two levels, one standard? The multi-level regulation of consumer protection in Europe
Vanessa Mak
21
4         A modernisation for European consumer law?
Cristina Poncibò
43
5         Effective enforcement of consumer law: the comeback of public law and criminal law
Peter Rott
64
6         E-consumers and effective protection: the online dispute resolution system
Immaculada Barral-Viñals
82
7         Unfair terms and the Draft Common Frame of Reference: the role of non-legislative harmonisation and administrative cooperation?
James Devenney and Mel Kenny
99
Part II   Conceptualising vulnerability
121
8         The definition of consumers in EU consumer law
Bastian Schüller
123
9         Recognising the limits of transparency in EU consumer law
Chris Willett and Martin Morgan-Taylor
143
10        The best interests of the child and EU consumer law and policy: a major gap between theory and practice?
Amandine Garde
164
11        Protecting consumers of gambling services: some preliminary thoughts on the relationship with European consumer protection law
Alan Littler
202
Part III  Contextualising consumer protection in the EU
237
12        Consumer protection and overriding mandatory rules in the Rome I Regulation
Christopher Bisping
239
13        Determining the applicable law for breach of competition claims in the Rome II Regulation and the need for effective consumer collective redress
Lorna Gillies
257
14        Horse sales: the problem of consumer contracts from a historical perspective
Warren Swain
282
15        The role of private litigation in market regulation: beyond ‘legal origins’
Axel Halfmeier
300
16        Advertising, free speech and the consumer
Paul Wragg
313
17        Are consumer rights human rights?
Monika Jagielska and Mariusz Jagielski
336
18        Consumer protection in a normative context: the building blocks of a consumer citizenship practice
Jim Davies
354
19        Recommended changes to the definitions of ‘auction’ and ‘public auction’ in the proposal for a directive on consumer rights
Christine Riefa
378
20        Consumer law regulation in the Czech Republic in the context of EU law: theory and practice
Blanka Tomančáková
397
21        Resistance towards the Unfair Terms Directive in Poland: the interaction between the consumer acquis and a post-socialist legal culture
Rafał Mańko
412
Part IV   Conclusions
435
22        European consumer protection: theory and practice
Mel Kenny and James Devenney
437
Index
450

About the Author

James Devenney
University of Exeter

Mel Kenny
University of Leicester

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