The Future of Consumer Law

Tuesday 25 April 2006 09:00 to 17:30

Location

Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP
 

Participants

Speakers:

  • Thierry Bourgoignie, University of Quebec
  • Jules Stuyck, University of Leuven
  • Iain Ramsay, Osgoode Hall Law School
  • Peter Cartwright, University of Nottingham
  • Richard Alderman, University of Houston
  • Lorna Gillies, University of Leicester
  • Peter Rott, University of Bremen
  • Rae Nield, Solicitor
  • Karen Gross, University of New York
  • Paul Micallef, Malta Consumer Affairs Council
  • Edward Janger, Brooklyn Law School
  • Gail Pearson, University of Sydney
  • Jean-Sebastien Borghetti, University of Nantes
  • Hans Micklitz, University of Bamberg
  • Christian Twigg-Flesner, University of Hull
  • Dr Duncan Fairgrieve, British Institute of International and Comparative Law

Members of the Institute can access conference papers by clicking here.

There will be a mix of plenary sessions and panels. Topics will include:

  • Is consumer protection law still needed in 2006?
  • Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Freedoms and Fundamental Consumer Rights
  • Neo-Liberalism, Regulatory Capitalism and the Future of Consumer Policy
  • Crime, Punishment and Consumer Protection
  • The Future of Consumer Law in the United States-As the Civil Justice System Goes, so Goes Consumer law
  • The Need for Uniform Conflict of Laws Rules for Electronic Consumer Contracts
  • Consumers and Services of General Interest
  • Post-supply consumer guarantees: theory and practice - a New Zealand perspective
  • Credit Reporting and Credit Scoring
  • The future of consumer law - the perspective from a small island state
  • Behaviourism, Credit Cards and Bankruptcy
  • 'Long Live' Consumer Law: Developing Countries' Perspective In The New Millennium
  • From "goods and services" to "financial services"


5 CPD hours may be claimed by both solicitors and barristers through attendance at this event.

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Institute members may access papers from this event by following this link.