Information obligations and disinformation of consumers / Gert Straemans, editor.
2019
K3842
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Title
Information obligations and disinformation of consumers / Gert Straemans, editor.
ISBN
9783030180546 (electronic book)
3030180549 (electronic book)
3030180549 (electronic book)
Publication Details
Cham : Springer, 2019.
Language
English
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Articles in English and French.
Description
1 online resource (565 pages).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-18
Call Number
K3842
Dewey Decimal Classification
343.071
Summary
This book focuses on recent developments in consumer law, specifically addressing mandatory disclosures and the topical problem of information overload. It provides a comparative analysis based on national reports from countries with common law and civil law traditions in Asia, America and Europe, and presents the reports in the form of chapters that have been drafted on the basis of a questionnaire, and which use the same structure as the questionnaire to allow them to be easily compared. The book starts with an analysis of the basic assumptions underlying the current consumer protection models and examines whether and how consumer models adapt to the new market conditions. The second part addresses the information obligations themselves, first highlighting the differences in the reported countries before narrowing the analysis down to countries with a general pre-contractual information duty, particularly the transparency requirements that often come with such a duty. The next part examines recent developments in the law on food labelling, commercial practices and unfair contract terms in order to identify whether similar traits can be found in European and non-European jurisdictions. The fourth part of the book focuses on specific information obligations in the financial services and e-commerce sectors, discussing the fact that legislators are experimenting with different forms of summary disclosures in these sectors. The final part provides a critical appraisal of the recent developments in consumer information obligations, addressing the question of whether the multiple criticisms from behavioural sciences necessitate abandonment or refinement of current consumer information models in favour of new, more adequate forms of consumer protection, and providing suggestions.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Straetmans, Gert.
Series
Ius comparatum ; v. 33.
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Table of Contents
Part I General Report
Information obligations and disinformation of consumers
Part II National Reports – European Union
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Italy
Greece
Romania
Poland
Czech Republic
Republic of Ireland
Finland
Part III National Report – Euro-Asian Region
Turkey
Part IV National Reports – Asia
Japan
Singapore
Taiwan
China (and Macau)
Part V National Reports – North and South America
Canada
Brazil
Appendix.
Information obligations and disinformation of consumers
Part II National Reports – European Union
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Italy
Greece
Romania
Poland
Czech Republic
Republic of Ireland
Finland
Part III National Report – Euro-Asian Region
Turkey
Part IV National Reports – Asia
Japan
Singapore
Taiwan
China (and Macau)
Part V National Reports – North and South America
Canada
Brazil
Appendix.