European Consumer Law (hardback) Second edition

by Reich, Norbert; Micklitz, Hans-wolfgang; Rott, Peter; Tonner, Klaus

• ISBN13: 9781780680866
• ISBN10: 1780680864
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-04-02
• Publisher: Intersentia

Summary

In recent years, EU consumer law has been subject to spectacular decisions by the European Court of Justice, with important consequences for the private law of Member States. Currently, it is under scrutiny by the EC Commission, which has just published a proposal for the revision of important aspects of the EU consumer law acquis. The authors have taken a broad horizontal approach at the European acquis, thereby reflecting on the history, the achievements and also the shortcomings of EC law.

Author Biography

Since 2007 Professor for Economic Law at the European University Institute, Jean Monnet Chair of Private Law and European Economic Law at the University of Bamberg, Germany on leave. Head of the Institute of European and Consumer Law (VIEW) in Bamberg. Studies of law and sociology in Mainz, Lausanne/Geneva (Switzerland), Giessen and Hamburg. Consultancies for OECD in Paris, UNEP Geneva Switzerland/Nairobi Kenya and CI (Consumers International) Den Haag Netherlands/Penang Malaysia. Study visits at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute Florence, Italy, visiting professor at the Somerville College at the University of Oxford, co-founder of the Centre of Excellence at the University of Helsinki. Holder of an ERC Grant 2011-2016 on European Regulatory Private Law. Consultancies for ministries in Austria, Germany, the UK, the European Commission, OECD, UNEP, GIZ, non-governmental organisations, member of the expert committee on consumer affairs at the Federal Ministry of Justice, Berlin.Prof. Dr. Klaus Tonner is co-publisher and editor of ReiseRecht aktuell (RRa) and managing associate editor of Verbraucher und Recht (VuR). In addition, he is an external advisor to the Bundesverbandes der Verbraucherzentralen, Netzwerkgruppe Reise, Mobilität und Freizeit (Federation of consumer organizations, network group travel, mobility and leisure) and a member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Reiserecht (DGfR) (German society for travel law), of the International Forum of Travel and Tourism Advocates (IFTTA), as well as Director of the Institut für Bankrecht und Bankwirtschaft (Institute for Banking Law and Banking Economy) at the University of Rostock.