Description |
xi, 379 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents |
1. The United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection: Their Impact in the First Decade / David Harland -- 2. The State of World Consumer Protection / Anthony Smith -- 3. Life After Shopping: From Consumers to Citizens / Allan C. Hutchinson -- 4. Consumer Protection in Less-Developed Countries: The Latin American Experience / Antonio Herman Benjamin -- 5. Consumer Protection in Central and Eastern Europe: A Pan-European Debate / Thierry Bourgoignie -- 6. Consumer Protection in the Rapidly Developing Economies of South-East Asia: A Case Study from Malaysia / S. Sothi Rachagan -- 7. Key Issues in Consumer Protection in India / D. N. Saraf -- 8. Les lois de protection du consommateur en Europe: rapprochement ou unification? / Jean Calais-Auloy -- 9. La securite alimentaire de consommateurs en droit transnational / Nicole L'Heureux -- 10. Consumer Rights in Argentina and the MERCOSUR / Gabriel A. Stiglitz |
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11. Consumer Protection in the Conflict of Laws: Canada, the United States, and Europe / Vaughan Black -- 12. Consumer Law and Social Justice / Thomas Wilhelmsson -- 13. Inequality, Market Discrimination, and Credit Markets / Iain Ramsay and Toni Williams -- 14. Seeking Social Justice for Poor Consumers in Credit Markets / Geraint Howells -- 15. Legal Responses to Problems of Consumer Indebtedness in Europe / Francoise Domont-Naert -- 16. Canada's Road to Usury / Reuben A. Hasson -- 17. Necessity of Protection for Consumer Credit Guarantor's in Japan / Jisuke Nagao -- 18. Les contrats de credit dans la legislation bresilienne de protection du consommateur / Claudia Lima Marques -- 19. Recent Developments in the Law of Product Liability in Japan / Tsuneo Matsumoto -- Appendix. The United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection |
Notes |
Papers presented at the Fifth International Conference on Consumer Law, held May 25-27, 1995 in Toronto, Canada |
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English and French |
Subject |
Consumer protection -- Law and legislation -- Congresses.
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Consumer protection -- Law and legislation.
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Author |
Ramsay, Iain.
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International Conference on Consumer Law (5th : 1995 : Toronto, Ont.)
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LC no. |
96039606 |
ISBN |
1855218437 (hb) |
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