The Dodd-Frank Act creates a regulatory umbrella group with authority to designate certain financial firms as 'systemically significant' and subjecting them to increased prudential regulation. This book reviews issues related to financial regulation and provides brief descriptions of major provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act.
Deals with international private law rules for electronic consumer contacts. This book recommends that jurisdiction and choice of law rules should be amended to provide a basis for the consumer to sue in his own jurisdiction and for the law of the consumer's domicile to apply.
Suitable for lawyers and for local authorities when prosecuting or bringing enforcement action against traders, this book covers powers and responsibilities of regulatory bodies, the UK's approach to sanctions, criminal penalties, investigatory powers, disclosure, consumer redress and the Ombudsmen Schemes.
Trading Standards: Law and Practice is an authoritative and comprehensive guide for everyone concerned with the implementation of trading standards law. This book covers the full range of the work undertaken by trading standards officers in local authorities.
Examines ways to adapt consumer protection strategies to ensure that consumers, including the vulnerable, are equally well served. This book also discusses how the ever-expanding number of marketing channels in the world-wide marketplace may be monitored for instances of deception of unfairness.
Authoritative, influential yet accessible textbook on one of the most important aspects of commercial law. Provides a comprehensive and critical guide to the law surrounding the sale of goods and is the market leading text on the subject for undergraduates and postgraduates alike.