Consumer Protection and the Criminal Law
Law, Theory, and Policy in the UK

Consumer protection, trade descriptions, product safety, and how far UK law holds traders responsible.

Peter Cartwright (Author)

9780521590808, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 4 October 2001

268 pages
23.5 x 15.8 x 2.1 cm, 0.569 kg

'This is a book which ought to be read by layers and legislators not only in relation to consumer policy but other areas subject to regulatory regimes. It will also be of value to students of these areas not least for its excellent analysis and clarity of exposition.' SCOLAG Legal Journal

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Preface
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
1. Consumer protection rationales
2. Techniques of regulation
3. The role of criminal sanctions in consumer protection
4. The use of the criminal law
5. Consumers and safety: the protection of physical integrity
6. The protection of economic interests
7. The enforcement of regulatory consumer law
8. Conclusions
Index.

Subject Areas: Criminal law & procedure [LNF], Sale of goods law [LNCB3], Commercial law [LNCB], International economic & trade law [LBBM], Finance & accounting [KF]