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1 online resource |
| Series |
Studies of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law ; volume 21 |
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Studies of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law ; v. 21.
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| Contents |
1. The Images of the Consumer in EU Law -- 2. The Consumer: Marketised, Fragmentised, Constitutionalised -- 3. The Images of the 'Consumer' in EU Competition Law -- 4. Seeking the EU 'Consumer' in Services of General Economic Interest -- 5. Vulnerable Consumers in EU Law -- 6. Changing Policy Paradigms of EU Consumer Credit and Debt Regulation -- 7. The Importance of Law and Harmonisation for the EU's Confident Consumer -- 8. Empowerment is not the only Fruit -- 9. Targeted Consumer Protection -- 10. The Consumer as Regulator -- 11. Regulatory Cost, the Consumer, and the EU Constitutional Framework -- 12. Ethical Consumption and the Internal Market -- 13. Conformity of Goods, the Network Society, and the Ethical Consumer -- 14. The Consumer, the Citizen, and the Human Being -- 15. The Image of the Consumer in EU Trade Mark Law -- 16. The Consumer in European Regulatory Private Law -- 17. The Court of Justice's 'Paradigm Consumer' in EU Free Movement Law -- 18. Europe's (Lack of) Vision on Consumer Protection: A Case of Rhetoric Hiding Substance? -- 19. A Short History of Consumer Policy in the EU |
| Summary |
This book consists of contributions exploring from different perspectives the'images'of the consumer in EU law. The images of the consumer form the foundation for various EU policies, more or less directly oriented towards the goal of consumer protection. The purpose of the volume is to establish what visions of the consumer there are in different contexts of EU law, whether they are consistent, and whether EU law's engagement with consumer-related considerations is sincere or merely instrumental to the achievement of other goals. The chapters discuss how consumers should be protected in EU contract, competition, free movement and trade mark law. They reflect on the limits of the consumer empowerment rationale as the basis for EU consumer policy. The chapters look also at the variety of concerns consumers might have, including the cost of goods and services, access to credit, ethical questions of consumption, the challenges of excessive choice and the possibility to influence the content of regulatory measures, and explore the significance of these issues for the EU's legislative and judicial process.-- Provided by Publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 4, 2016) |
| Subject |
Consumer protection -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries
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Consumers -- European Union countries
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Consumer protection law.
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LAW -- Military.
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Consumer protection -- Law and legislation
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Consumers
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European Union countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Leczykiewicz, Dorota, 1979- editor.
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Weatherill, Stephen, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781509900374 |
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1509900373 |
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9781509900367 |
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1509900365 |
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