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Premature Obsolescence: In Search of an Improved Legal Framework

Premature Obsolescence: In Search of an Improved Legal Framework

Name: Premature Obsolescence: In Search of an Improved Legal Framework
Brand: Intersentia Publishers
SKU: 9781839703751
Price: 2021.60 HKD
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Author: Anaïs Michel
ISBN: 9781839703751

By Anaïs Michel

Intersentia Publishers May 2023

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ISBN-13: 9781839703751
Publisher: Intersentia Publishers
Publication: May 2023
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Premature obsolescence means that products do not last as long as they should or could. There are nowadays widespread suspicions about the diminishing lifetime of consumer products. Empirical studies confirm these suspicions, at least for certain goods. Various types of premature obsolescence are omnipresent in our daily life. Some products become materially obsolete due to the impossibility of disassembling them, while other still functioning products are too early discarded because no longer satisfying in consumers’ eyes. The willingness to shift towards a more sustainable economy has led to major legal developments at EU and national levels over the past years. However, rules curbing premature obsolescence are highly fragmented across different legislators, legal fields and types of rules. Legal fragmentation creates risks of overlaps, gaps and conflicts. This book addresses the central question how EU and national legal rules currently tackle premature obsolescence and how the legal framework could be improved.

Chapter I. From Planned to Premature Obsolescence: Concepts and Definitions

Chapter II. The Design and Production Stage: Shaping the Design of Products towards more Sustainability

Chapter III. The Marketing and Pre-contractual Stage: Incentivising and Empowering Consumers to make Sustainable Choices at the Time of Purchase

Chapter IV. The Use Stage: Extending the Lifetime of Products once Purchased

Chapter V. The End-of-Life Stage: Preventing Products from Becoming Waste and Reducing their Environmental Impacts once they are

Chapter VI. General Conclusion and Policy Recommendations

Selected Bibliography

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