englischThe enforcement of consumer rights is regarded as deficient. Germany, France and the Netherlands have traditionally taken different approaches to ensuring that consumer law is enforced effectively. European provisions have also increasingly impacted national enforcement structures.

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englischIllegal telemarketing is a phenomenon that particularly affects older people. This study examines to what extent the law is able to reflect age-specific protection needs de lege lata and de lege ferenda. In addition to fundamental questions, such as whether the extremely heterogeneous group [...]

englischEnforcement deficits of consumer rights are still typical characteristics of consumer law. The question arises how much consumer law enforcement should or must be left to the state and what role should be played by consumer associations in the context of collective legal protection. European [...]

englischThe exercise of revocation rights with respect to mortgage loans has become a mass phenomenon termed “Widerrufsjoker” [revocation joker] and has been the subject of countless court rulings and legal articles. The dispute has pitted consumer lobbyists – who view the exploitation and exercise [...]

englisch“To ensure a high level of consumer protection“ in the European member states (art. 169 (1) TFEU) can only be successful when substantive consumer laws are effectively enforced. For that purpose, appropriate procedural instruments are necessary. In this revised edition of a ‘law of consumer [...]

englischWhat exactly do we mean by sustainable consumption and how can it be achieved? In this volume, the authors ask whether sustainability is possible at all in a consumer society and agree that the path currently being pursued is not viable. More than twenty articles discuss different aspects [...]

englischThe controversy over the correct consumer model has recently been revived within the study of law. Some parties have criticised that the protection of the weaker, “volatile” consumer has once again become a priority. Furthermore, the question has been asked whether, due to a detailed EU [...]

englischThe digitisation of the economy and the society poses new challenges for the consumer law. Does the digital economy and society need a consumer law 2.0, which is tailored to the particular legal issues and problems of consumers? The contributions answer the question in the affirmative. This [...]

Das Phänomen der „Obsoleszenz“ ist ein aktuell vielfältig diskutiertes Thema. Bei aller Aktualität fehlt es bisher an einer umfassend interdisziplinären und fachwissenschaftlichen Betrachtung des Themas, die sich auf eine stichhaltige Datenbasis stützt. Diese Lücke füllt das Buch „Obsoleszenz [...]

englischBehavioural sciences and “nudging” are of growing importance and impact in public policy. Results from behavioural, empirical research allow for an empirically-informed, testable, and behaviourally based approach to policy making. Frameworks originating from research as well as policy [...]