The Transformation of Consumer Law and Policy in Europe

This book analyses the transformation of consumer law and policy in Europe from 4 perspectives: first , the temporal transformation, i.e., changes that can be tracked from the turn of the millennium; secondly , the substantive dimension, i.e., changes in the scope of the rights and remedies provided by consumer law, as well as the underpinning values; thirdly , the institutional dimension, i.e., changes in the role of national courts, national Parliaments, consumer agencies, and consumer organisations; and fourth , the procedural element, i.e., the shift from individual enforcement via courts to enforcement by public regulators, consumer associations, alternative dispute resolution, and the development of collective enforcement exercised by consumer agencies and/or consumer organisations.With contributions by leading consumer law scholars from across Europe, this book is a fascinating account of how consumer law has often been shaped by national as much as European interests.>

Préface
This book examines the transformation of consumer law and policy across Europe, both at the level of national law and in cross-cutting areas, since the turn of the millennium.

Auteur
Hans-W Micklitz is Professor of Economic Law at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy. Christian Twigg-Flesner is Professor of Contract and Consumer Law at the University of Warwick, UK.

Contenu

1. The Transformation of Consumer Law and Policy in Europe Hans-Wolfgang Micklitz and Christian Twigg-Flesner General Issues
   2. Consumer Organisations in Europe Geraint Howells and Hans-Wolfgang Micklitz
      3. How can consumer interests be protected when consumer identities are increasingly diffuse? Vanessa Mak
         4. Effective Judicial Protection, Private Enforcement and the Reshaping of Substantive Remedies Charlotte Pavillon
            5. Information Duties Pascal Pichonnaz
               6. Consumer Education in the EU Elise Poillot
                  7. The growing Interplay of Consumer and Data Protection Law Karin Sein
                     8. Can Consumer Law Become Sustainable? Evelyne Terryn Country-Specific Issues
                        9. Serbia: From Nothing to Something? Mateja Durovic
                           10. Greece A Tale of Two Acts Eleni Kaprou
                               11. Croatia: Something from Nothing Emilia Micenic
                                   12. Slovenia Damjan Moina
                                       13. Germany: Who Transformed Whom? Peter Rott
                                           14. Czechia Markéta Selucká and Jana Vábek Marková
                                               15. How the Romanian Constitutional Court Highjacked Consumer Financial Protection Catalin Gabriel Stanescu
                                                   16. United Kingdom Consumer Law: Incomplete Transformation Christian Twigg-Flesner