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Foreword: Consumer Law in a Changing World; Preface; Contents; List of Contributors; About the Editors and Authors; Part I: International Protection of Consumers: Trends and Challenges; Chapter 1: Consumer Protection in the Global Context: The Present Status and Some New Trends; 1.1 Transnationalization and the International Dimension of Consumer Law; 1.2 Legal Scholarship and Reconceptualization of International Consumer Law; 1.3 Mappings of International Efforts: The Present Status; 1.4 Some New Trends; 1.4.1 Components of Legal Regime and Protagonists in Lawmaking
1.4.2 Harmonization of Consumer Protection Norms1.4.3 Shift of Paradigm of Ex Post Redress to Ex Ante Protection; 1.4.4 Empowerment of Consumers; 1.5 Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 2: The UN Guidelines for Consumer Protection: Review and Next Steps; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Advent of the United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection Adopted in 1985; 2.3 The Review of the UNGCP in 1999; 2.4 The First Meeting of the Ad Hoc Expert Group on Consumer Protection; 2.5 The Review Process of UNGCP 2012-2015
2.6 Recognition of the Importance of Protecting the Consumers as Tourists: Discussions Within the United Nations and the Priva...2.7 The Need for Internalization of the UNGCP by the UN Member Countries; 2.8 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: The UNGCP Guidelines: Some Comments; 3.1 Choice and the Market; 3.2 Spotlight on Business; 3.3 Electronic Commerce; 3.4 Financial Services; 3.5 Specific Areas; 3.6 Dispute Resolution and Redress; 3.7 International Cooperation; 3.8 International Institutional Machinery
Chapter 4: Common Law and International Consumer Protection in the Global Orbit of Consumption4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Mundialization and Globalized Consumption; 4.3 For a Common Basis of Consumer Rights; 4.4 The (Mis)Directions and the Hope for an International Consumer Law; 4.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: International Consumer Protection and Private International Law; 5.1 The Current Architecture of International Consumer Protection; 5.2 Domestic Enforcement Agencies in the United States; 5.3 Recent Efforts at the Regional Level; 5.4 Conclusion; References
Chapter 6: The Supranational Organizations ́Initiatives Aimed at Protection of Tourists. Why International Conventions Are Nee...6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Tourists, Travellers, Consumers; 6.3 The Need for Protection; 6.4 The Differences Between the Conventions Drafted by UNWTO and the HCCH; 6.4.1 Scope; 6.4.2 Developments; 6.4.2.1 The UNWTOś Draft Convention; 6.4.2.2 The HCCHś Draft Convention; 6.4.3 Content; 6.4.3.1 The UNWTOś Draft Convention; 6.4.3.2 The HCCHś Draft Convention; 6.5 Why International Conventions Are Needed; References
1.4.2 Harmonization of Consumer Protection Norms1.4.3 Shift of Paradigm of Ex Post Redress to Ex Ante Protection; 1.4.4 Empowerment of Consumers; 1.5 Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 2: The UN Guidelines for Consumer Protection: Review and Next Steps; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Advent of the United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection Adopted in 1985; 2.3 The Review of the UNGCP in 1999; 2.4 The First Meeting of the Ad Hoc Expert Group on Consumer Protection; 2.5 The Review Process of UNGCP 2012-2015
2.6 Recognition of the Importance of Protecting the Consumers as Tourists: Discussions Within the United Nations and the Priva...2.7 The Need for Internalization of the UNGCP by the UN Member Countries; 2.8 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: The UNGCP Guidelines: Some Comments; 3.1 Choice and the Market; 3.2 Spotlight on Business; 3.3 Electronic Commerce; 3.4 Financial Services; 3.5 Specific Areas; 3.6 Dispute Resolution and Redress; 3.7 International Cooperation; 3.8 International Institutional Machinery
Chapter 4: Common Law and International Consumer Protection in the Global Orbit of Consumption4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Mundialization and Globalized Consumption; 4.3 For a Common Basis of Consumer Rights; 4.4 The (Mis)Directions and the Hope for an International Consumer Law; 4.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: International Consumer Protection and Private International Law; 5.1 The Current Architecture of International Consumer Protection; 5.2 Domestic Enforcement Agencies in the United States; 5.3 Recent Efforts at the Regional Level; 5.4 Conclusion; References
Chapter 6: The Supranational Organizations ́Initiatives Aimed at Protection of Tourists. Why International Conventions Are Nee...6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Tourists, Travellers, Consumers; 6.3 The Need for Protection; 6.4 The Differences Between the Conventions Drafted by UNWTO and the HCCH; 6.4.1 Scope; 6.4.2 Developments; 6.4.2.1 The UNWTOś Draft Convention; 6.4.2.2 The HCCHś Draft Convention; 6.4.3 Content; 6.4.3.1 The UNWTOś Draft Convention; 6.4.3.2 The HCCHś Draft Convention; 6.5 Why International Conventions Are Needed; References