Consumer Protection and the Criminal Law
Subtitle: Law, Theory, and Policy in the UK
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 22, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780521590808
Subjects: Business law; Commercial law; Consumer law; English law: sale of goods & consumer protection law; Finance & Accounting; International economic & trade law; Law and legislation; Great Britain; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Law; Corporate; Military; Consumer protection--Law and legislation--Great Britain--Criminal provisions; Law / Corporate; Criminal provisions; International; Consumer protection
First sentence: Laws have been used to protect consumers for centuries.
Description: "How does criminal law affect consumers? Peter Cartwright considers the role of the free market in consumer protection and asks whether the state should intervene in the relationship between consumers and producers. He considers topics such as trade descriptions and product safety, and asks whether UK law should go further to hold traders (particularly corporations) to account for their activities towards consumers. This is a study of the role of criminal law in protecting consumers and the role of criminal law in society. Peter Cartwright defends the use of criminal sanctions to control business, highlighting traditional criminal law doctrine and placing consumer law in its socioeconomic context. This is the first book to examine criminal law and consumer protection in this way."--BOOK JACKET.