Consumer protection in the age of the 'information economy'
By: edited by Jane K. Winn.
Contributors: Winn, Jane K., 1957-
Series: Markets and the law
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 456
Subjects: Consumer protection -- Law and legislation -- United States; Information society; Telematics -- Law and legislation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-433) and index.
Table of contents: title: From the jungle to the matrix : the future of consumer protection in light of its past / Norman Silber; title: The Internet, consumer protection, and practical knowledge / Edward Rubin; title: Globalization, the third way, and consumer law : the case of the U.K. / Iain Ramsay; title: Information liability and the challenges of law reform : an introductory note / Michael Traynor; title: Information technology standards as a form of consumer protection law / Jane K. Winn; title: Distinguishing dastar : consumer protection, moral rights, and section 43(a) / Glynn S. Lunney, Jr; title: Some copyright consumer conundrums / David McGowan; title: New basics : 12 principals for fair commerce in mass-market software and other digital products / Jean Braucher; title: Contract, not regulation : UCITA and high-tech consumers meet their consumer protection critics / Richard A. Epstein; title: Rolling contracts as an agency problem / Clayton P. Gillette; title: Online consumer standard form contracting practices : a survey and discussion of legal implications / Robert A. Hillman; title: From consumer to person? : developing a regulatory framework for nonbank e-payments / Anita Ramasastry; title: The failure of fair information practice principles / Fred Cate; title: Privacy self regulation : a decade of disappointment / Chris Jay Hoofnagle.