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BL
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957963
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b712333
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| Title & Author
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International perspectives on consumers' access to justice /\ edited by Charles E.F. Rickett and Thomas G.W. Telfer.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2003.
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1 online resource (xxii, 418 pages)
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| ISBN
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0511062222
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: 0511070683
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: 0511179146
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: 0511494831
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: 052182432X
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: 9780511062223
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: 9780511070686
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: 9780511179143
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: 9780511494833
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: 9780521824323
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Consumers' access to justice : an introduction / Charles E.F. Rickett, Thomas G.W. Telfer -- Consumer redress and access to justice / Iain Ramsay -- Consumer access to justice in common law countries : a survey of the issues from a law and economics perspective / Anthony J. Duggan -- Rethinking consumer protection policy / Michael J. Trebilock -- Standard form contracts in Europe and North America : one hundred years of unfair terms / Leone Niglia -- BSE, CJD, mass infections and the 3rd US restatement / Jane Stapleton -- Services of general interest and European private law / Thomas Wilhelmsson -- The new Financial Ombudsman Service in the United Kingdom : has the second generation got it right / Rhoda James, Philip Morris -- Economic appraisals of rulemaking in the new society : why, how, and what does it mean : the challenge for the consumer /Jenny Hamilton, Mik Wisniewski -- Access to the discharge in Canadian bankruptcy law and the new role of surplus income : a historical perspective / Thomas G.W. Telfer -- The death of consumer bankruptcy in the United States / Charles Jordan Tabb -- Privatisation and power : dispute resolution for the Internet / Elizabeth G. Thornburg -- Armageddon through aggregation : the use and abuse of class actions in international dispute resolution / Richard O. Faulk -- Adapting international private law rules for electronic consumer contracts / Lorna E. Gillies / Waving goodbye to conflict of laws : recent developments in European Union consumer law / Axel Halfmeier.
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| Abstract
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Consumer protection law in the age of globalisation poses new challenges for policy-makers. Leading scholars outline key problems faced in adopting consumer laws to the global marketplace. Topics include standard form contracts, the legal challenges posed by mass infection (such as CJD), consumers and services, and consumer bankruptcy law.
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Commercial law.
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Conflict of laws-- Consumer protection.
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Consumer protection-- Law and legislation.
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Dispute resolution (Law)
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Consommateurs-- Protection-- Droit international privé
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Consommateurs-- Protection-- Droit.
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Droit commercial.
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Règlement de conflits.
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Commercial law.
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Conflict of laws-- Consumer protection.
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Consumer protection-- Law and legislation.
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Dispute resolution (Law)
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LAW-- Consumer.
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Consumentenbescherming.
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Consumentenrecht.
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Europees recht.
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Rechtspleging.
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Rechtstoegang.
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| Dewey Classification
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343.07/1
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| LC Classification
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K3842.I584 2003eb
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86.09bcl
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86.67bcl
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| Added Entry
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Rickett, C. E. F.
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Telfer, Thomas G. W.
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