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Providing comparisons to the United States and Britain, this book examines Japan's postwar consumer protection movement. Organized largely by and for housewives and spurred by major cases of price gouging and product contamination, the movement led to the passage of basic consumer protection legislation in 1968. Although much of the story concerns the famous "iron triangle" of big business, national bureaucrats, and conservative party politics, Maclachlan takes a broader perspective. She points to the importance of activity at the local level, the role of minority parties, the limited utility of the courts, and the place of lawyers and academics in providing access to power. These mild social strategies have resulted in a significant amount of consumer protection.

Consumer protection --- History. --- Consumerism --- Protection, Consumer --- Commercial policy

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Consumer protection --- -Consumer protection --- -Consumerism --- Protection, Consumer --- Commercial policy --- Law and legislation --- -Law and legislation --- Consumerism

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The markets for goods and services have undergone significant changes over the past 20 years. Regulatory reform, global markets, new technologies and growth in the role of services in economic activity have driven the changes which, in many instances, have provided significant benefits to consumers. Relatively little attention has been paid to the challenges these developments have posed for consumers. More choice and more complexity in many markets have made it increasingly difficult for them to compare and assess the value of products and services. The challenges for consumers have raised similar challenges for the government authorities responsible for protecting them from unfair commercial practices and fraud. This book examines how markets have evolved and provides insights for improved consumer policy making. It explores, for the first time, how what we have learned through the study of behavioural economics is changing the way policy makers are addressing problems.

Consumer protection. --- Consumers. --- Customer relations. --- Customers (Consumers) --- Shoppers --- Consumerism --- Protection, Consumer --- Persons --- Commercial policy

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Die Grenzen innerhalb der Europäischen Union sind durchlässig geworden - für Verbraucher aber gilt dies nur bedingt: Denn trotz vielfältiger Ansätze, das Verbraucherrecht in Europa zu harmonisieren, werden grenzüberschreitende Geschäfte von Verbrauchern selten getätigt. Die Europäische Kommission führtdas auf ein fehlendes Vertrauen der Verbraucher zurück und hat im Herbst 2008 den Entwurf einer Richtlinie vorgelegt, die einen in allen EU-Länderngleich hohen Schutzstandard von Verbraucherrechten garantieren soll - eine Harmonisierung von Verbraucherrechten. Dieser Vorschlag steht in deutlichemGegensatz zu dem bisher bei verbraucherprivatrechtlichen Richtlinien verfolgten Konzept der Mindestharmonisierung. Die wegweisenden Ergebnisseder im Juni 2010 veranstalteten internationalen Fachtagung zu diesem Thema präsentiert der Band "Vollharmonisierung im Europäischen Verbraucherrecht?".

European law --- Economic law --- Consumer protection --- Consumerism --- Protection, Consumer --- Commercial policy --- Law and legislation

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Consumer protection --- Europe 1992 --- Consommateurs --- Law and legislation --- Protection --- Droit --- -Consumerism --- Protection, Consumer --- Commercial policy --- -Consumer protection --- Consumerism