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This article examines the benefits of the class action for New Zealand consumers. It analyses the current operation of the New Zealand class action and recommends significant reform to expand the use of the class action and to give clear specific guidelines on its operation. The author defines a...
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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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While the appearance of debit and credit cards is similar, the attributes have significant differences, particularly when it comes to account overdrafts. This does not suggest that credit cards are somehow superior products, as complaints abound concerning credit card fees. Nevertheless,...
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Guaranties and suretyships reduce the risk of default and today remain essential arrangements in many commercial and consumer transactions. A guarantor or surety promises to pay for the debt of a third party and may become primarily liable on that debt. Despite the significance of such a promise...
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This chapter tackles a somewhat neglected realm of the information privacy discourse, by directly examining the specific detriments arising from the systematic uses of personal information collected online. The chapter begins by drawing out the flow of personal information in today's digital...
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Commentators and lawmakers have called attention to the rising frequency of contractual arbitration as a non-negotiable condition of many relationships. Indeed, it is a rare individual who is not subject to at least one pre-dispute, binding arbitration agreement. This Article studies common...
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Confidence seems to replace certain knowledge and the necessity for specific information. It simplifies economical … would not be made. Consequently, if confidence among consumers was enhanced, welfare would be enhanced as well. But how may … this implemented, and to which conditions is an approach successful? This paper observes the nature of consumer confidence …
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be amended so as to make them more effective towards the overall goals of consumer empowerment and consumer confidence …
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The growth of e-commerce in any jurisdiction cannot be divorced from the confidence of consumers in the system. Lack of … confidence in the system can be directly related to ambiguity surrounding consumer rights, where there is a perceived lacuna in … the law. To boost confidence in the system, especially in the area of consumer protection and clarity in consumer rights …
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