Modernising and Harmonising Consumer Contract Law / / Geraint Howells, Reiner Schulze.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Howells, Geraint,; Schulze, Reiner,
• MitwirkendeR: Beale, Hugh,; Brownsword, Roger,; Howells, Geraint,; Loos, Marco,; Mak, Vanessa,; Micklitz, Hans-W.,; Nordhausen Scholes, Annette,; Riefa, Christine,; Schulte-Nölke, Hans,; Schulze, Reiner,; Stuyck, Jules,; Twigg-Flesner, Christian,; Willett, Chris,; Zoll, Fryderyk,
• Place / Publishing House: Munich : : Otto Schmidt/De Gruyter european law pub, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (322 p.)

In October 2008 the European Commission published its Proposal for a Consumer Rights Directive which puts forward far-reaching changes to the core of consumer contract law: Four current directives are to be replaced by a new, overarching piece of legislation and in doing so full harmonisation for the most part is to take the place of the minimum standard presently in force in the EU. Although a welcome initiative, the extent and possible effects of the Proposal have certainly brought a number of issues to the fore. In January 2009, legal experts from universities, practice and the civil service met to address the points raised by the Proposal and the question of the extent to which it can indeed contribute to the modernisation and harmonisation of European consumer contract law. The papers presented at this conference analysed, criticised and suggested improvements for the Proposal and are published in this volume.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Part I. Introduction -- Overview of the Proposed Consumer Rights Directive -- Part II. Scope and Values of the Proposal -- Scope and Role of the Horizontal Directive and its Relationship to the CFR -- The Targeted Full Harmonisation Approach: Looking Behind the Curtain -- Part III. Good Faith and Unfair Terms -- Regulating Transactions: Good Faith and Fair Dealing -- Unfair Terms -- Part IV. Sales and Direct Producer Liability -- Fit for Purpose? The Proposals on Sales -- A Dangerous Erosion of Consumer Rights: The Absence of a Right to Withdraw from Online Auctions -- Direct Producer Liability -- Part V. Information Requirements, Withdrawal and Remedies -- Information Requirements -- Rights of Withdrawal -- The Remedies for Non-Performance in the Proposed Consumer Rights Directive and the Europeanisation of Private Law -- Part VI. The UK Context -- The Draft Directive on Consumer Rights and UK Consumer Law – Where now? -- Part VII. Discussion Paper -- The Degree of Harmonisation in the Proposed Consumer Rights Directive: A Review in Light of Liability for Products