Consumer Law and Policy: Text and Materials on Regulating
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ramsay, Iain, PUBLISHER: Hart Publishing (UK), Consumer law ong>andong> policy has developed significantly since the first edition of this book. This fully revised second edition takes into account these developments while maintaining much of the structure of the earlier edition. This edition includes material on the effects of globalization ong>andong> the many European initiatives, as well as UK consumer law, documenting changes in the theory ong>andong> practice of regulation of consumer markets. It incorporates recent UK legislative ong>andong> judicial developments of the law, blending substantial extracts from primary legal ong>materialsong>, such as case law, policy documents, ong>andong> legislative ong>materialsong>, with a policy framework that includes references to comparative approaches. It includes a case study of the regulation of unfair terms in consumer contracts by the UK's Office of Fair Trading, increased coverage of the links between consumer ong>andong> competition policies, the role of consumer law ong>andong> policy in electronic commerce, ong>andong> the law ong>andong> regulation of markets for consumer services.