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Shopping on the Net : Legal Protection for Consumers
Tokeley, Kate - 2016
In this article the author outlines some difficulties facing the cyber-shopper. These include the practical difficulties of enforcement and redress which arise when a cyber-shopper purchases a defective product from an overseas supplier, or when misleading information is placed on the internet...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012999359
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Suppliers’ Duties to Report Product-Related Accidents under the New 'Australian Consumer Law' : A Comparative Critique
Nottage, Luke R. - 2012
considered adding such disclosure obligations, which are now found among Australia's main trading partners. Yet good information … product safety outcomes in Australia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013116145
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Improving the Effectiveness of the Consumer Product Safety System : Australian Law Reform in Asia-Pacific Context
Nottage, Luke R. - 2020
case for such reform, Part 2 of this paper analyses 2017-9 data trends from the OECD Global Recalls Portal for Australia … compared to several comparable economies, especially in the Asia-Pacific region where Australia now has most of its trade and … investment links. The analysis finds a persistently high per capita recall rate for Australia, compared to several jurisdictions …
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Arbitrability Limitation in Consumer (B2C) Disputes? : Consumers' Protection as Legal and Economic Phenomenon
Belohlavek, Alexander J. - 2013
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Autonomy in B2C Arbitration : Is the European Model of Consumer Protection Really Adequate?
Belohlavek, Alexander J. - 2012
Consumer protection has become a legal phenomenon to reckon with on a global scale, with repercussions for, among others, contracts concluded between consumers and business entities – i.e., B2C contracts. While the path chosen by EU law is one of special legal protection (on the basis of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014170124
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Arbitration Study : A Summary and Critique
Johnston, Jason Scott - 2015
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Arbitration Study: Report to Congress 2015 does not support the case for ex ante regulation of mandatory consumer arbitration clauses. It contains no data on the typical arbitration outcome - a settlement - and it is these arbitral settlements, and not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016886
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Law Enforcement : An Empirical Review
Peterson, Christopher Lewis - 2016
In the aftermath of the U.S. financial crisis, Congress created a new federal agency — the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) — with the goal of fashioning a more just and efficient American consumer finance market. The CFPB now serves as the U.S. Government's primary regulator and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012992036
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The Myth of the Cautious Consumer : Law, Culture, Economics and Politics in the Rise and Partial Fall of Unsecured Lending in Japan
Kozuka, Souichirou - 2009
This is the second paper in our trilogy focusing on persistent expansion in unsecured consumer lending in Japan, leading to increasing over-indebtedness and then major judicial and legislative responses particularly from 2006. The Japanese experience provides important lessons particularly in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159263
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How Fragmentation in European Law Undermines Consumer Protection : The Case of Location-Based Services
Cuijpers, Colette; Koops, Bert-Jaap - 2014
The EU Consumer Policy Strategy 2007-2013 aims to improve consumer protection regulation, by addressing fragmentation of legislation and ‘striking the right balance between a high level of consumer protection and the competitiveness of enterprises’. This article investigates the issues of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014193255
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Legislative Intervention in the Law of Negligence : The Common Law, Statutory Interpretation and Tort Reform in Australia
McDonald, Barbara - 2006
deal with the substance and interpretation of the tort reform statutes in Australia, with particular attention to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779269