Product Description: This third edition of Consumer Law and Policy continues to provide a critical introduction to the legal regulation of consumer markets, situating it within the context of broader debates about rationales for regulation, the role of the State, and the growth of neo-liberalism...read more

Product Description: Consumer law and policy has emerged in the last half-century as a major policy concern for all nations. This Handbook of original contributions provides an international and comparative analysis of central issues in consumer law and policy in developed and developing economies...read more

Product Description: After a long period of prosperity and steady economic growth, the world's leading economies are now in crisis, although that there will be debate about its origins, the scale and seriousness of the crisis is not in doubt. There is also no doubt that excessive amounts of consumer credit, allied to a weak understanding of how globalized credit markets might react to a crisis, have played a significant part...read more

Product Description: Consumer law and 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 and the many European initiatives, as well as UK consumer law, documenting changes in the theory and practice of regulation of consumer markets...read more

Product Description: Consumer Bankruptcy is an emerging field throughout the world. This book provides a comparative appraisal of global developments in this area. It is one of the first book-length publications focusing on comparative consumer bankruptcy and over-indebtedness...read more

Product Description: 1995 marked the 10th anniversary of the adoption by the UN of a set of guidelines for consumer protection. This volume derived from a conference held in that year at Osgoode Law School in Canada. It covers many aspects of consumer protection, including industrializing countries and social justice...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This Major Reference series brings together a wide range of key international articles in law and legal theory. Many of these essays are not readily accessible, and their presentation in these volumes will provide a vital new resource for both research and teaching...read more

Product Description: This student text was previously published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Every basic issue in consumer protection is closely analyzed in this wide ranging book. It draws on a wealth of legal, economic and political-science materials to examine the different forms of law which control the price, quality and terms of consumer products and services...read more