The rise of consumer capitalism -- Consumption contested -- The organized consumer -- Consumer risk -- Consumer information -- Standards versus contracts -- Price and quality -- The consumer as citizen.

This paper analyzes the workings of liability when harm-inflicting consumers are present biased and both product safety and consumer care influence expected harm. We show that present bias introduces a rationale for shifting some losses onto the manufacturer, in stark contrast with the baseline...

While the problem of negative externalities has long been recognized by environmental law, legal responses have uniformly focused on producer behavior. There is growing recognition, however, that consumption also contributes significantly to climate change and other forms of environmental...