Full Description
Harvey and Parry: The Law of Consumer Protection and Fair Trading is a clear, succinct and comprehensive account of an increasingly complex field. It presents the subject as an in-depth exploration of the historical, political, economic and philosophical background to consumer protection. This new edition includes an extensive chapter on the impact of the EU on consumer protection law and continues to examine the patterns of consumer protection in the former nationalised sectors, including the controversial and complex semi-privatisation of the railway network.
Contents
1. The historical, economic and philosophical background to consumer protection; 2. UK customer protection law in the European context; 3. The institutional framework of consumer protection; 4. Nationalised or privatised industries and the consumer; 5. Supply of goods and contract-based remedies; 6. Product liability and tort-based remedies; 7. The supply of services; 8. The enforcement of consumer rights - civil and criminal proceedings; 9. A survey of the protective legislation including safety; 10. Consumer credit; 11. Fair trading; 12. Trade descriptions, property misdescriptions and price indications; 13. Food; weights and measures