The Yearbook of Consumer Law 2009

The Yearbook of Consumer Law provides a valuable outlet for high quality scholarly work which tracks developments in the consumer law field with a domestic, regional and international dimension.The 2009 volume presents a range of peer-reviewed scholarly articles, analytical in approach and focusing on specific areas of consumer law such as credit, consumer redress and the impact of the European Union on consumer law. The book also includes a section dedicated to significant developments during the period covered, such as key legislative developments and important court decisions. It is an essential resource for all academics and practitioners working in the areas of consumer law and policy.

Preface
Articles 2009
Crisis or future of European consumer law?
The status of consumers in EC liberalisation directives
The impact of the European Union on consumer policy in Malta: a mixed blessing?
The limits of competition: reasserting a role for consumer protection and fair trading regulation in competitive markets
The consumer protection code: regulatory innovation from the Irish financial regulator
Re-regulating unsecured consumer credit in Japan: over-indebted borrowers, the supreme court, and new legislation
Consumer collective redress in the European Union: the 'Italian case'
The future of consumer law in the United States - hello arbitration, bye-bye courts, so-long consumer protection
Current Developments: Unfair Commercial Practices
The unfair commercial practices directive - alternatives in UK law
Recent amendments to Maltese consumer law - transposition of the unfair commercial practices directive and changes to the regulatory regime
Credit: Secret commissions and overseas purchases: the good news for customers in 2007
General: A critical (re)view of the Spanish Act on improvement of consumers protection concerning long term contracts (Act 44/2006, of 29 December)
France: a new law for 'the development of competition for the benefit of consumers'
EC passenger law running on track - the regulation on rail passengers' rights and obligations
Future prospects for 'class actions' in Europe
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