| Description |
1 online resource (xli, 986 pages) : color illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; VOLUME ONE; Contents; List of Entries; Guide to Related Topics; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contextual Essay; Government Chart; Presidential Chart; A-G; A; Activism; Administration on Aging (AoA); Advertising; Affinity Fraud; American Council on Consumer Interests (ACCI); Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA); Arbitration; Attorney General Office (AG); Auto Purchasing; B; Bait and Switch; Banking; Bankruptcy; Better Business Bureau (BBB); Bicycle Safety Standard; Boycotts; Brockovich, Erin; Bullying; Bureau of Consumer Protection (BCP); C; Carson, Rachel; Caveat Emptor; Caveat Venditor |
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Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Certified Financial PlannersTM; Charity and Philanthropic Giving; Checks 21 Act; Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA); Cigarette Labeling Act; Class Action Law Suits; Commission on Civil Rights; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Community Mental Health Centers (CMHC) Act; Complaint Filing; Confidentiality; Congress; Consumer Action; Consumer Bill of Rights; Consumer Federation of America (CFA); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Consumer Price Index (CPI) |
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Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)Consumer Sovereignty; Consumers International; Consumers Union; Contract Law; Cooling Off Rule; Corporate Social Responsibility; Cosigning; Counterfeiting; Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act (Credit CARD Act); Credit Cards; Credit Practices Rule; Credit Repair Organizations; Credit Reporting Agencies; Credit Unions; Customs and Border Protection (CBP); D; Debt Collection; Debt Management; Debt, Student; Department of Agriculture (USDA); Department of Commerce (DOC); Department of Defense (DOD); Department of Education (ED) |
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Department of Energy (DOE)Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); Department of Justice (DOJ); Department of Labor (DOL); Department of State; Department of the Interior (DOI); Department of the Treasury; Department of Transportation (DOT); Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); Departments of Consumer Affairs (DCA); Departments of Insurance; Direct Marketing Association (DMA); Disaster and Emergency Declarations; Discrimination; Dix, Dorothea |
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Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection ActDoor-to-Door Sales; DREAM Act: Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors; Drug Safety and Clinical Trials; Durable Power of Attorney; E; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Equal Credit Opportunity Act; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Estate Planning; Extended Warranties; F; Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA); Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA); Fair Trade; Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA); Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); Fannie Mae; FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Commission) |
| Summary |
"Designed to empower readers to advocate for themselves and others, this wide-ranging encyclopedia reveals a surprising range of resources and options that consumers have at their disposal"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Consumer protection -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Encyclopedias
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Consumer protection -- Law and legislation
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Encyclopedias
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Reiboldt, Wendy
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Mallers, Melanie Horn
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| ISBN |
1598849379 |
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9781598849370 |
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