The Consumer Benchmarks in the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive

• Main Author: Duivenvoorde, Bram B. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Studies in European Economic Law and Regulation, 5
• Subjects: Law.; Civil law.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Medical laws and legislation.; Trade.; Intellectual property > Law and legislation.; European Law.; Civil Law.; International Economic Law, Trade Law.; International IT and Media Law, Intellectual Property Law.; Medical Law.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.

This book investigates the regime of consumer benchmarks in the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive and explores to what extent this regime meets each of the goals of the Directive. In particular, it assesses whether the consumer benchmarks are suitable in terms of achieving the three goals of the...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• Table of cases
• 1 Introduction
• Part I: European Law
• 2 The Unfair Commercial Practices Directive
• 3 Case law of the CJEU
• 4 Thematic analysis
• Part II: National Law
• 5 German law
• 6 English law
• 7 Italian law
• 8 Comparison
• PART III: Consumer Behaviour
• 9 The average consumer benchmark from a behavioural perspective
• 10 The protection of vulnerable groups from a behavioural perspective
• Part IV: Assessment
• 11 Assessment
• Epilogue: Recommendations
• 12 Epilogue: recommendations
• 13 Summary
• Abbreviations
• Index.