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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...
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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...
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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...
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Regulating Forced Arbitration in Consumer Financial Services : Re-Opening the Courthouse Doors to Victimized Consumers
McCluskey, Martha T. - 2016
Forced arbitration clauses have become almost unavoidable in contracts for financial services and products ranging form credit cards to private student loans. This report examines how the financial services industry uses these clauses to defeat consumers' rights and evade accountability for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012991448
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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...
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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...
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