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Information Obligations and Disinformation of Consumers, edited by Gert Straetmans, (electronic resource)

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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.--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
1st ed. 2019.
Extent
1 online resource (XII, 561 pages)
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.
Isbn
9783030180546
Link
https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18054-6
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Label
Information Obligations and Disinformation of Consumers
Title
Information Obligations and Disinformation of Consumers
Statement of responsibility
edited by Gert Straetmans
Contributor
Editor
Subject
Language
eng
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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Dewey number
340.9
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
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Straetmans, Gert
Series statement
Springer eBooks.
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  • Conflict of laws
  • Commercial law
Label
Information Obligations and Disinformation of Consumers, edited by Gert Straetmans, (electronic resource)
Link
https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18054-6
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Publication
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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.
Control code
978-3-030-18054-6
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
1st ed. 2019.
Extent
1 online resource (XII, 561 pages)
Form of item
  • online
  • electronic
Governing access note
Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
Isbn
9783030180546
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
1 illustration in color.
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1119630218
Label
Information Obligations and Disinformation of Consumers, edited by Gert Straetmans, (electronic resource)
Link
https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18054-6
Publication
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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.
Control code
978-3-030-18054-6
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
1st ed. 2019.
Extent
1 online resource (XII, 561 pages)
Form of item
  • online
  • electronic
Governing access note
Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
Isbn
9783030180546
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
1 illustration in color.
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1119630218

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