Consumer Law In The Information Society

Author : Thomas Wilhelmsson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2000-12-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9041198113

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Consumer Law in the Information Society by Thomas Wilhelmsson Pdf

This work looks at the consequences of the development of information technology and the information society for consumers and for consumer law. While the new technological environment has been greeted with enthusiasm by many, citing the improvement in consumer choice, convenience, and the accessibility of information, there have also been calls to focus on the needs of those consumers who cannot easily gain access to the benefits associated with the new technology. This collection of expert papers examines developments in consumer protection legislation around the world in response to the technological advances, and focuses on issues such as electronic marketing, electronic commerce, financial services, product liability, intellectual property and rights of access to information. Issues such as how and to what extent the new environment should be regulated, as well as the impact of changes in the globalized information market, are also discussed. This volume arose from the 7th International Consumer Law Conference, held in Helsinki in 1999 under the auspices of the International Association for Consumer Law.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Consumers International
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Consumer protection
ISBN : 9780956740397

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Consumers in the Information Society: Access, Fairness and Representation by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jane K. Winn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317161202

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Consumer Protection in the Age of the 'Information Economy' by Jane K. Winn Pdf

To date, there have been few theoretical inquiries into the relationship between the technological innovation and basic objectives of consumer protection laws. This book addresses this need by considering the impact of technological innovation on the foundations of consumer advocacy, contracting behaviour, control over intellectual capital and information privacy. The collection presents a unique and timely perspective on these issues. The authors, internationally renowned experts, from diverse areas such as consumer issues in technology markets, contract, and intellectual property provide a fresh perspective on these topics. Contributions provide novel approaches to the question of what consumer protection might consist of in the context of technological innovation. The book will be a valuable resource to academics and researchers in law and public policy and is easily accessible to graduate and undergraduate students working in these areas.

Author : United States. Privacy Protection Study Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Information networks
ISBN : UOM:39015061952472

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Personal Privacy in an Information Society by United States. Privacy Protection Study Commission Pdf

Author : Lucie Guibault,Natali Helberger
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789041142207

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Digital Consumers and the Law by Lucie Guibault,Natali Helberger Pdf

This book provides a critical analysis of how digitisation affects established concepts and policies in consumer law. Based on evidence of the actual experience and problems encountered by consumers in digital markets, the book offers a ground-breaking study of the main issues arising in relation to the application of general consumer and sector-specific law. An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the Centre for the Study of European Contract Law (CSECL) and the Institute for Information Law (IViR), both University of Amsterdam, combine their expertise in general consumer and contract law, telecommunications law, media law, copyright law and privacy law in a joint effort to point the way to a truly cohesive European Framework for Digital Consumers and the Law. Topics in this book include the characteristics of digital content markets and how they relate to traditional consumer law; consumer concerns, reasonable expectations and how they are protected by law; the difficult question of the classification of digital content; legal questions triggered by prosumers and underage consumers; the feasibility and future of the information approach to consumer protection; the role of fundamental rights considerations, and the legal implications of an economy that uses personal data as the new currency. Digital Consumers and the Law is an important analysis for all those interested or involved in the regulation of digital content markets. With its comprehensive discussion of a wide range of fundamental as well as praxis-oriented questions, it is an essential read for academics, policy makers, members of the content industry as well as consumer representatives.

Author : Nicola Lucchi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783540365433

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Digital Media & Intellectual Property by Nicola Lucchi Pdf

The book provides a comparative and comprehensive analysis of the current technical, commercial and economical development in digital media describing the impact of new business and distribution models, the current legal and regulatory framework, social practices and consumer expectations associated with the use, distribution, and control of digital media products. In particular the author analyze the anti-circumvention provisions for technological protection measures and digital rights management systems enacted in the United States and in Europe.

Author : National Consumer Council
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Information society
ISBN : OCLC:60306411

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The Information Society by National Consumer Council Pdf

Author : Claudia Lima Marques,Dan Wei
Publisher : Springer
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783319556246

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Consumer Law and Socioeconomic Development by Claudia Lima Marques,Dan Wei Pdf

This book reflects the research output of the Committee on the International Protection of Consumers of the International Law Association (ILA). The Committee was created in 2008, with a mandate to study the role of public and private law to protect consumers, review UN Guidelines, and to model laws, international treaties and national legislations concerning protection and consumer redress. It has been accepted to act as an observer not only when the UNCTAD was updating its guidelines, but also at the Hague Conference on Private International Law. The book includes the contributions of various Committee members in the past few years and is a result of the cooperation between the Committee members and experts from Australia, Brazil, Canada and China. It is divided into three parts: the first part addresses trends and challenges in international protection of consumers, while the second part focuses on financial crises and consumer protection and the third part examines national and regional consumer law issues.

Author : Geraint Howells,Annette Nordhausen,Deborah Parry,Christian Twigg-Flesner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780429774249

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The Yearbook of Consumer Law 2007 by Geraint Howells,Annette Nordhausen,Deborah Parry,Christian Twigg-Flesner Pdf

First published in 2007, The Yearbook of Consumer Law provides a valuable guide to developments in the consumer law field with a domestic, regional and international dimension. The volume presents a range of peer-reviewed scholarly articles, analytical in approach and focusing on specific areas of consumer law such as sales, credit and safety, as well as more general issues, such as consumer law theory. The book also includes a section dedicated to significant developments during the period covered, such as key legislative developments or important court decisions. The book provides an essential resource for all those, academic and practitioner, working in the areas of consumer law and policy.

Author : Guido Noto La Diega
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780429887499

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Internet of Things and the Law by Guido Noto La Diega Pdf

Internet of Things and the Law: Legal Strategies for Consumer-Centric Smart Technologies is the most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the legal issues in the Internet of Things (IoT). For decades, the decreasing importance of tangible wealth and power – and the increasing significance of their disembodied counterparts – has been the subject of much legal research. For some time now, legal scholars have grappled with how laws drafted for tangible property and predigital ‘offline’ technologies can cope with dematerialisation, digitalisation, and the internet. As dematerialisation continues, this book aims to illuminate the opposite movement: rematerialisation, namely, the return of data, knowledge, and power within a physical ‘smart’ world. This development frames the book’s central question: can the law steer rematerialisation in a human-centric and socially just direction? To answer it, the book focuses on the IoT, the sociotechnological phenomenon that is primarily responsible for this shift. After a thorough analysis of how existing laws can be interpreted to empower IoT end users, Noto La Diega leaves us with the fundamental question of what happens when the law fails us and concludes with a call for collective resistance against ‘smart’ capitalism.

Author : Aubrey Lionel Diamond,Gordon Johnson Borrie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Consumer protection
ISBN : 0140223681

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The Consumer, Society and the Law by Aubrey Lionel Diamond,Gordon Johnson Borrie Pdf

Author : Christopher Marsden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2005-07-27
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781134548002

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Regulating the Global Information Society by Christopher Marsden Pdf

An outstanding line-up of contributors explore the regulation of the internet from an interdisciplinary perspective. In-depth coverage of this controversial area such as international political economy, law, politics, economics, sociology and internet regulation. Regulating the Global Information Society covers the differences between both US and UK approaches to regulation and establishes where policy is being made that will influence the future direction of the global information society, from commercial, democratic and middle-ground perspectives.

Author : Mrs Deborah Parry,Ms Annette Nordhausen,Professor Geraint Howells,Dr Christian Twigg-Flesner
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781409495949

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The Yearbook of Consumer Law 2008 by Mrs Deborah Parry,Ms Annette Nordhausen,Professor Geraint Howells,Dr Christian Twigg-Flesner Pdf

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. Furthermore, it provides an essential resource for all those, academic and practitioner, working in the areas of consumer law and policy.

Author : Mateja Durovic,Hans W. Micklitz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319453125

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Internationalization of Consumer Law by Mateja Durovic,Hans W. Micklitz Pdf

This book examines the institutions that are producing consumer law at the international level, the substantive issues enshrined in these laws, and the enforcement mechanisms meant to ensure effective protection. The majority of existing research is devoted to the comparative perspective, between countries or between the US and the EU. This book investigates the forceful activities of international and regional organizations, and shifts the focus of research to the internationalization of consumer law, which is largely neglected in particular in the Western-centered political and legal debate. Much of what constitutes consumer law today is focused on banking and finance, and more broadly the financialization and digitalization of the global economy, and society has created a shift in international consumer law production. This book investigates the role that international organizations have on the creation and enforcement of consumer law, and will be of interest to consumer lawyers, practitioners, and officials in organizations such as the United Nations, European Union, and World Bank.

Author : Andrew Murray
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 693 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780198732464

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Information Technology Law by Andrew Murray Pdf

Information Technology Law takes a unique socio-legal approach to examining the interaction between the law and other elements of the information society. Murray discusses relevant issues such as governance, free expression, and crime with enthusiasm, and looks forward to future challenges presented by developing technologies.