Subjects:

Consumer Law

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

Harvey and Parry: The Law of Consumer Protection and Fair Trading is a clear, succint and comprehensive account of an increasingly complex field. The book presents the subject in the light of the opening chapter's exploration of the historical, political, economic and philosophical background to consumer protection.

The new edition includes an extensive chapter on the impact of the EU on consumer protection law and almost uniquely continues to examine the patterns of consumer protection in the former nationalised sectors, including the controversial and complex semi-privatisation of the railway network. There is also extensive treatment of the main civil law building blocks of the subject, including consumer credit, unfair contracts, product liability and the consumer aspects of sale of goods.

The criminal or regulatory side includes extensive chapters on trade descriptions, fair trading and safety. Weights and measures and food law are also introduced, subjects which though vital for some readers are usually omitted from student texts. The institutions, public or private, set up to assist consumers are also examined.This new edition is thoroughly updated to include all the latest;""