商品簡介
Consumer law, particularly consumer credit law, is characterised by increasingly complex regulation in Western economies. Reacting to the Global Financial Crisis, governments in the UK, the EU, Australia, New Zealand and the United States have adopted new laws dealing with consumer credit, responsible lending, consumer guarantees and unfair contracts. Drawing together authors from all of these jurisdictions, this book analyses and evaluates these initiatives, and makes predictions as to their likely success and possible flaws.
作者簡介
Paul Oa€?Shea is a Senior Lecturer at the T.C. Beirne School of Law at the University of Queensland and one of Australiaa€?s leading researchers in consumer law, particularly consumer credit law. He has taught consumer and commercial law at universities in Australia and throughout Asia and has published extensively in this field. His research has been cited in superior court decisions and by the Australian Commonwealth Treasury in support of legislation regulating consumer credit. Prior to joining the TC Beirne School of Law at the University of Queensland, Karen Fairweather was a lecturer at Durham University in the UK. She has taught contract law, trusts, legal history and civil remedies. She has a particular interest in the history of consumer credit law and has published widely on historical aspects of consumer credit as well as on contemporary developments in the field.