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.
Author(s): Gert Straetmans
Series: Ius Comparatum – Global Studies In Comparative Law v.33
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 565
Tags: Consumer Law, Information Obligations, Disinformation Of Consumers
Front Matter ....Pages i-xii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Information Obligations and Disinformation of Consumers (Gert Straetmans)....Pages 3-96
Front Matter ....Pages 97-97
Information Obligations and Disinformation of Consumers: English Law Report (John Cartwright)....Pages 99-130
Information Obligations and Disinformation of Consumers: German Law Report (Boris Schinkels)....Pages 131-156
L’information et la désinformation des consommateurs : Rapport français (Thomas Piazzon)....Pages 157-204
L’information et la dÕsinformation des consommateurs : Rapport italien (Gian Antonio Benacchio)....Pages 205-236
Information Obligations and Disinformation of Consumers: Greek Law Report (Antonios G. Karampatzos, Charalampos A. Kotios)....Pages 237-273
L’information et la désinformation des consommateurs : Rapport roumain (Raluca Bercea, Dan Adrian Cărămidariu)....Pages 275-299
Information Obligations and Disinformation of Consumers: Polish Law Report (Monika Namysłowska, Agnieszka Jabłonowska)....Pages 301-337
Information Obligations and Disinformation of Consumers: Czech Law Report (Markéta Selucká, Iva Šťavíková Řezníčková, Pavel Loutocký)....Pages 339-364
Information Obligations and Disinformation of Consumers: Irish Law Report (Cliona Kelly)....Pages 365-406
Information Obligations and Disinformation of Consumers: Finnish Law Report (Salla Hyvönen)....Pages 407-428
Front Matter ....Pages 429-429
L’information et la dÕsinformation des consommateurs : Rapport turc (Başak Baysal)....Pages 431-444
Front Matter ....Pages 445-445
L’information et la désinformation des consommateurs : Rapport japonais (Masamichi Nozawa)....Pages 447-456
Information Obligations and Disinformation of Consumers: Chinese Law Report (Shaolan Yang)....Pages 457-482
Front Matter ....Pages 483-483
Information Obligations and Disinformation of Consumers: Quebec Law Report (Marie-Eve Arbour)....Pages 485-522
Information Obligations and Disinformation of Consumers: Brazilian Law Report (Milena Donato Oliva)....Pages 523-548
Back Matter ....Pages 549-561
